Elliston Montana Map

About Elliston, Montana

Elliston is a locality in Powell County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 227. The population density is 10.8 people per km². Elliston is located at 46.5587°N, 112.4638°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59728.

Elliston rests within a high, quiet corridor where the landscape tilts toward the rugged spine of the Rocky Mountains visible on the western horizon. It lies 18.9 miles west of Helena, MT (from Helena, MT: bearing 264°T), and is situated 18.9 miles west-southwest of Helena Valley West Central. Elliston Creek carves a narrow, persistent path through the valley floor, its waters reflecting the pale, thin light that characterizes the elevated terrain. To the north, the ground rises abruptly into the folds of Kinney Gulch, where the shadows grow long and cool well before the sun actually dips behind the distant peaks. The air here carries a sharp, metallic clarity, and the encroaching expanse of the Helena National Forest provides a dense, evergreen perimeter that defines the limits of the local horizon.

History in Elliston remains tied to the hard, subterranean labor of the early mining era, which left behind a skeletal landscape of abandoned timber and weathered stone. Today, the local economy operates on a subdued scale, moving in sync with the seasonal demands of ranching and the maintenance of timbered lands that stretch toward the Bear Gulch Trail. Life here follows the slow, deliberate pace of a place where the distance between neighbors is measured in miles rather than fences. On late summer evenings, the light turns a bruised, dusty violet, casting the surrounding slopes in a relief that makes the rugged earth seem both immutable and precarious against the immense, open sky.

About This Elliston Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Elliston, Montana. Coordinates: 46.558694, -112.463842. 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 Elliston includes the ZIP code (59728), telephone area code (406), county seat of Powell County (Deer Lodge), and school district assignment (Powell County High 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.