Fort Peck Montana Map

About Fort Peck, Montana

Fort Peck is a locality in Valley County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 239. The population density is 103.3 people per km². Fort Peck is located at 48.0089°N, 106.4486°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Fort Peck is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 59248, 59223.

Fort Peck emerges from the vast, open prairie as a deliberate interruption of the horizon, defined by the immense engineering of the dam that shapes the surrounding geography. It lies 131.0 miles west of Williston, ND (from Williston, ND: bearing 267°T), and is situated 15.6 miles southeast of Glasgow. The landscape is dominated by the sprawling expanse of Fort Peck Lake, which stretches toward the distance, its shoreline often catching the pale, thin light of the high plains. To the south, the Missouri River winds through the terrain, cutting a deep, quiet path through the earth that remains largely unchanged by the human structures nearby. Seven miles to the northwest, the Milk River Hills provide a faint, jagged silhouette against the sky, while the Milk River Coulee creates a deep, carved depression five miles away. Within the protected boundaries of Fort Peck Recreation Area, the wind moves across the grass with a persistent, dry hum, emphasizing the sheer scale of the land and the depth of the Montana sky.

Fort Peck retains a distinct character shaped by the monumental public works project that brought it into existence during the 1930s. The local economy and daily life remain tethered to the management of the dam and the maintenance of the reservoir, a legacy that dictates the pace of the neighborhood. While the grand scale of the architecture reflects an era of industrial ambition, the current atmosphere is defined by a quiet, steady rhythm of maintenance and stewardship. Residents and visitors navigate a space where the history of labor is written into the concrete of the spillway and the organized layout of the housing. Even as the modern world moves at a different speed, Fort Peck holds onto a sense of isolation that feels intentional, where the silence of the plains is interrupted only by the seasonal movement of water and the distant, low sound of the wind.

About This Fort Peck Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Fort Peck, Montana. Coordinates: 48.008889, -106.448611. 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 Fort Peck includes the ZIP code (59248, 59223), telephone area code (406), county seat of Valley County (Glasgow), and school district assignment (Nashua 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.