Gilman Montana Map

About Gilman, Montana

Gilman is a locality in Lewis and Clark County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 48. The population density is 28.3 people per km². Gilman is located at 47.5091°N, 112.3653°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59410.

Gilman endures as a quiet collection of structures upon the high, open plains where the wind shapes the golden grasses into restless, shifting patterns. It lies 49.7 miles west of Great Falls, MT (from Great Falls, MT: bearing 271°T), and is situated 56.2 miles north-northwest of Helena Valley Northwest. Elk Creek carves a thin, vital vein through the terrain, its banks providing a sliver of shade in an expanse defined by the immense, pale reach of the sky. To the west, the jagged, distant silhouettes of the Rocky Mountains anchor the horizon, while the nearby Kirkaldie Flats stretch out in flat, muted hues that catch the low, honeyed light of late afternoon. A mile from the center, the Montana State Trust Lands offer a quiet expanse of protected earth, and four miles distant, the waters of Willow Creek Reservoir hold the reflection of the clouds, steady and still against the encroaching prairie.

Gilman traces its pulse to the rhythm of the harvest, an economy built upon the heavy, rhythmic labor of grain and the stubborn resilience of those who tend the soil. The architecture here favors utility over ornament, with weathered wooden grain elevators serving as the primary sentinels of the landscape, marking the progress of the seasons with their stark, upright geometry. History in Gilman is not recorded in grand monuments, but in the slow accumulation of winters and the collective memory of families who have measured time by the cycles of the field. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of the land itself, where the silence is rarely broken by anything louder than the rustle of dry stalks or the occasional, distant rumble of a passing train, leaving the residents to find their meaning in the stark, uncluttered clarity of the Montana plains.

About This Gilman Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Gilman, Montana. Coordinates: 47.509114, -112.3653. 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 Gilman includes the ZIP code (59410), telephone area code (406), county seat of Lewis and Clark County (Helena), and school district assignment (Augusta 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.