Choteau Montana Map

About Choteau, Montana

Choteau is a locality in Teton County, Montana, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,721. The population density is 456.7 people per km². Choteau is located at 47.8125°N, 112.1836°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Choteau is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 59422.

Choteau emerges from the expansive high plains where the wide, unyielding sky dictates the rhythm of the day and the quality of the light. It lies 46.4 miles west-northwest of Great Falls, MT (from Great Falls, MT: bearing 298°T), and is situated 27.1 miles south-southwest of Conrad. Spring Creek carves a quiet, essential path through the landscape, its waters moving with a deliberate clarity that reflects the immense, pale horizon above. To the west, the distant, serrated silhouettes of the Rocky Mountains anchor the view, standing as jagged sentinels against the gathering dusk. The terrain here is defined by a vast, openness, where the wind carries the dry scent of cured grasses and the cooling breath of the high country, and where Reickoff Lakes sit in the quiet solitude of the surrounding prairie, four miles away from the center of activity.

Choteau maintains its character through the enduring persistence of ranching and agriculture, industries that have shaped the local economy since the earliest days of settlement. Beyond the town limits, the vast expanse of Montana State Trust Lands offers a rugged, unmanicured wilderness that serves as a reminder of the frontier heritage still pulsing through the region. Residents navigate the subtle nuances of Cashman Coulee and the surrounding topography with a familiarity born of long winters and short, golden growing seasons. Life in Choteau moves at the pace of the seasons, an existence defined by the practical demands of the land and a deep-seated respect for the silence that settles over the plains once the sun descends behind the far western peaks.

About This Choteau Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Choteau, Montana. Coordinates: 47.812453, -112.18363. 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 Choteau includes the ZIP code (59422), telephone area code (406), county seat of Teton County (Choteau), and school district assignment (Choteau 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.