Forty Mile Colony Montana Map

About Forty Mile Colony, Montana

Forty Mile Colony is a locality in Big Horn County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 28. The population density is 56.6 people per km². Forty Mile Colony is located at 45.2828°N, 107.3568°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59050.

Forty Mile Colony occupies a quiet stretch of high prairie where the horizon seems to pull the sky down until it touches the earth in a thin, shimmering line. It lies 66.0 miles east-southeast of Billings, MT (from Billings, MT: bearing 122°T), and is situated 34.4 miles south-southeast of Hardin. The land here is defined by a rigorous, horizontal patience, broken only by the deliberate incision of Owl Creek, which marks the low ground a mile away with a thin ribbon of willow and silt. Beyond the immediate flatlands, the terrain tilts toward the distant, jagged silhouette of the Rocky Mountains, though they remain a faint, ethereal promise far to the west. On clear afternoons, the light turns a hard, pale gold, stripping the shadows from the dry stalks of grass and revealing the austere geometry of the soil. Six miles out, the earth drops away into the rugged, shadowed depths of Cook Stove Canyon, a place where the wind gathers speed and carries the scent of sagebrush and cooling dust across the plains.

History in Forty Mile Colony is measured in the persistence of those who worked the soil long before the modern silos claimed their place against the clouds. The economy remains tethered to the slow, demanding cycles of agriculture, a life of early mornings spent tending to the needs of livestock and the seasonal harvest that dictates the rhythm of the year. While the Montana State Trust Lands lie sixteen miles away as a reminder of the vast, protected wild, the daily concerns here are centered on the fence line and the condition of the road leading toward the water of Liming Reservoir. There is a particular, quiet dignity in the way the local life unfolds, stripped of pretense and focused on the practicalities of a harsh climate. People move with the steady, unhurried gait of those who have spent years navigating the immense scale of the plains, finding purpose in the maintenance of their own small, hard-won corner of the world.

About This Forty Mile Colony Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Forty Mile Colony, Montana. Coordinates: 45.282771, -107.356763. 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 Forty Mile Colony includes the ZIP code (59050), telephone area code (406), county seat of Big Horn County (Hardin), and school district assignment (Lodge Grass 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.