Cut Bank Montana Map

About Cut Bank, Montana

Cut Bank is a locality in Glacier County, Montana, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,056. The population density is 1019.8 people per km². Cut Bank is located at 48.6330°N, 112.3262°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Cut Bank is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 59427.

Cut Bank sprawls across a high, wind-scoured plateau where the horizon pulls away in every direction, leaving the earth exposed beneath a vast and unrelenting dome of sky. It lies 91.5 miles north-northwest of Great Falls, MT (from Great Falls, MT: bearing 329°T), and is situated 23.2 miles west-northwest of Shelby. The terrain is defined by the sharp, sudden incision of Old Maids Coulee, a dry scar in the prairie that speaks of long-forgotten erosions, while the modest flow of Cut Bank Creek carves a path through the earth just a mile from the center. Beyond the immediate sweep of grass and scrub, the distant, jagged teeth of the Rocky Mountains provide a hazy, violet-tinted border to the west, barely visible through the shimmering heat or the crystalline clarity of a winter freeze. Within the town limits, City Park offers a brief respite of green, a quiet anchor for residents who watch the light shift from a harsh, bleaching gold at midday to a bruised, violet twilight that seems to swallow the plains whole.

Cut Bank grew from the hard-won necessity of the railroad and the stubborn persistence of those who turned to oil and agriculture to survive on the plains. The pulse of the local economy remains tied to the cycles of the harvest and the extraction of energy from the deep, dark layers of the earth, a rhythm that dictates the pace of life for those who remain. History here is written in the steel of the grain elevators that stand like sentinels against the wind, their silhouettes sharp and utilitarian against the gathering dusk. While the nearest water at Allison Lake lies a few miles out, the true lifeblood of the region is found in the resilience of its people and the stoic architecture of a place built to withstand the relentless movement of air across the plains. Everyday existence in Cut Bank is marked by a deliberate, measured gravity, where the immense silence of the surrounding landscape demands a certain respect from those who call the high prairie home.

About This Cut Bank Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cut Bank, Montana. Coordinates: 48.63304, -112.326162. 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 Cut Bank includes the ZIP code (59427), telephone area code (406), county seat of Glacier County (Cut Bank), and school district assignment (Cut Bank 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.