Dayton Montana Map

About Dayton, Montana

Dayton is a locality in Lake County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 104. The population density is 73.1 people per km². Dayton is located at 47.8658°N, 114.2790°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59914.

Dayton reveals itself through the steady, insistent murmur of Spring Creek as it navigates the western edge of the valley floor. It lies 22.9 miles south of Kalispell, MT (from Kalispell, MT: bearing 176°T), and is situated 16.7 miles southwest of Bigfork. The landscape surrounding Dayton opens into a broad, light-filled expanse where the water of Flathead Lake reflects the shifting temper of the Montana sky. Beyond the immediate banks of the creek, the terrain rises toward the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Rocky Mountains, which anchor the western horizon in a jagged line of slate and indigo. Further afield, the terrain transitions into the quiet, managed wildness of the Montana State Trust Lands, where the earth holds the scent of pine needles and damp soil, and the light at dusk settles over the fields like a thin, cooling veil.

Dayton remains a place defined by the quiet labor of those who work the land, drawing sustenance from the ranching heritage that first took root in these fertile, high-altitude meadows. Life here moves in accordance with the seasons, following the rhythms of harvest and the slow retreat of winter as it yields to the greening of the Basin Meadows. While the shadow of the Swan River State Forest looms nineteen miles away, the economy of Dayton stays tethered to the soil and the stewardship of the surrounding acreage. The community maintains a deliberate pace, finding its character in the immense, uncrowded distance between neighbors and the persistent, clear-eyed focus required to thrive in such an expansive, open geography.

About This Dayton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Dayton, Montana. Coordinates: 47.865777, -114.279012. 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 Dayton includes the ZIP code (59914), telephone area code (406), county seat of Lake County (Polson), and school district assignment (Upper West Shore 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.