Cyr Montana Map

About Cyr, Montana

Cyr is a locality in Mineral County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 63. The population density is 17.4 people per km². Cyr is located at 47.0003°N, 114.5877°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59820.

Cyr occupies a rugged corridor where the earth seems to hold its breath against the relentless passage of the Clark Fork. It lies 29.5 miles west-northwest of Missoula, MT (from Missoula, MT: bearing 289°T), and is situated 27.3 miles west-northwest of Orchard Homes. The landscape is defined by the steep, shadowed incline of Dry Gulch, which funnels the cool, thin air of the high country down toward the riverbank. Here, the vegetation clings to the thinning soil with a stubborn, wiry grace, and the light at dusk flattens the terrain into shades of bruised plum and charcoal. While the distant, serrated peaks of the Bitterroot Range shimmer as a pale mirage on the horizon, the immediate ground is dominated by the rocky, sun-bleached sediment of a basin carved by ancient currents.

Cyr retains the quiet, utilitarian character of a place built to serve the transit of goods and the persistence of the rail. Economic life remains tethered to the rhythm of the valley, where the proximity of the Alberton Gorge Fishing Access Site invites a transient population of travelers to pause amidst the silence of the timberlands. The influence of the nearby Lolo National Forest provides a sprawling, green periphery, tempering the arid gusts that occasionally scour the valley floor. History here is not found in grand monuments but in the way the wind whistles through the gaps in the timber and the slow, steady erosion of the riverbanks, marking a life lived in deference to a landscape that demands both respect and a watchful eye.

About This Cyr Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cyr, Montana. Coordinates: 47.00032, -114.587727. 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 Cyr includes the ZIP code (59820), telephone area code (406), county seat of Mineral County (Superior), and school district assignment (Alberton K-12 Schools).

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.