Cardwell Montana Map

About Cardwell, Montana

Cardwell is a locality in Jefferson County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 62. The population density is 11.1 people per km². Cardwell is located at 45.8651°N, 111.9642°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59721.

Cardwell occupies a quiet stretch of land where the persistent currents of the Jefferson Slough carve a path through the earth, marking the pulse of the terrain. It lies 29.7 miles east-southeast of Butte, MT (from Butte, MT: bearing 109°T), and is situated 29.8 miles west of Manhattan. The landscape surrounding Cardwell leans into the expansive openness of the high plains, where the light at dusk stretches shadows long and thin across the grasses, turning the horizon a bruised, dusty violet. Two miles to the east, the topography lifts toward the gentle rise of Summit Valley, while the distant, jagged silhouette of the Rocky Mountains remains a faint, hazy promise on the far western edge of the sky. Dry Lake waits seven miles away, a still and silvered eye in the landscape, reflecting the vast, unclouded Montana ceiling. At the Cardwell Fishing Access Site, the air holds the clean, sharp scent of damp soil and river-worn stone, a reminder of the quiet gravity that water exerts upon this dry, continental expanse.

History in Cardwell is written in the slow, deliberate work of those who have tended these acres, where the economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the land and the endurance of seasonal cycles. The presence of the Jefferson Slough has long dictated the patterns of local life, drawing the eye toward the water’s edge where the riparian growth offers a stark, green contrast to the tawny plains. Life here moves with a steady, unforced cadence, shaped by the isolation of the high prairie and the necessity of self-reliance. Cardwell exists as a point of stillness, a place where the wind carries the sound of the world’s immense distances, and the daily labor of residents is marked not by the clamor of industry, but by the quiet maintenance of fence lines and the patient observation of the seasons.

About This Cardwell Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cardwell, Montana. Coordinates: 45.865085, -111.964239. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Cardwell includes the ZIP code (59721), telephone area code (406), county seat of Jefferson County (Boulder), and school district assignment (Cardwell Elementary School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.