Edgar Montana Map

About Edgar, Montana

Edgar is a locality in Carbon County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 110. The population density is 62.5 people per km². Edgar is located at 45.4647°N, 108.8524°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59026.

Edgar occupies a quiet stretch of the high plains where the land stretches toward the horizon in muted shades of sage and sun-bleached gold. It lies 27.8 miles southwest of Billings, MT (from Billings, MT: bearing 218°T), and is situated 14.7 miles south-southwest of Laurel. The Clarks Fork Yellowstone River carves a serpentine path through the valley floor, its waters providing a cool, rhythmic pulse against the arid heat of the afternoon. To the west, the jagged, snow-dusted silhouette of the Beartooth Mountains defines the edge of the world, appearing as a violet bruise against the expansive Montana sky. The air here carries a crystalline sharpness, thinning slightly as it moves across the open expanse, while the light at dusk settles over the fields with a heavy, honeyed quality that turns the fence lines into silhouettes of iron and shadow.

Agriculture serves as the slow, steady heartbeat of Edgar, where the labor of the seasons dictates the pace of the days. Generations have worked this soil, finding a rugged sustenance in the earth that remains indifferent to the passing of decades. Beyond the immediate fields, the Montana State Trust Lands offer a sprawling, uncultivated reprieve where the native grasses sway in a constant, restless dialogue with the wind. While the bustle of larger centers feels distant and largely irrelevant, the local life persists in a modest, deliberate fashion, anchored by the nearby presence of Bachelder Canyon and the knowledge that Cooney Reservoir waits seventeen miles away for those seeking the stillness of deeper water.

About This Edgar Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Edgar, Montana. Coordinates: 45.46467, -108.852366. 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 Edgar includes the ZIP code (59026), telephone area code (406), county seat of Carbon County (Red Lodge), and school district assignment (Fromberg K-12).

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.