Glacier Colony Montana Map

About Glacier Colony, Montana

Glacier Colony is a locality in Glacier County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 102. The population density is 82.9 people per km². Glacier Colony is located at 48.8328°N, 112.2189°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59427.

Glacier Colony occupies a vast, sun-bleached expanse where the high plains stretch toward a horizon that feels infinite and unyielding. It lies 101.3 miles north-northwest of Great Falls, MT (from Great Falls, MT: bearing 336°T), and is situated 14.6 miles north-northeast of Cut Bank. The landscape around Glacier Colony defines itself through the quiet persistence of the prairie, marked by the shallow, carved depressions of Snake Coulee and the distant, jagged silhouette of the Rocky Mountains that pin the western sky in a haze of violet and charcoal. Within a mile, the Glacier County Waterfowl Production Area serves as a sanctuary for migratory wings, reflecting the seasonal shift of the light as it turns from the pale, brittle gold of autumn to a sharp, crystalline winter white. The air here holds a singular clarity, thinning under the weight of an immense sky that humbles the scattered clusters of dwellings and makes the passage of time feel like the slow, deliberate movement of shadows across the dry grass.

Economic life in Glacier Colony remains bound to the rhythms of the earth, as the neighboring agricultural tracts and the distant, winding path of the Red River support a quiet industry of cultivation and stewardship. The history of the area is etched into the fence lines and the weathered barns that stand against the wind, remnants of a frontier where self-reliance was not a choice but a necessity for survival. While Alkali Lake lies four miles distant, its presence is felt in the subtle shifts of local moisture and the way the vegetation gathers in deeper greens near its basin. The people of Glacier Colony maintain a deliberate pace, navigating the long distances between neighbors with a sturdy, pragmatic grace, finding beauty in the stark, unadorned truth of a landscape that demands respect and offers little in the way of artifice.

About This Glacier Colony Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Glacier Colony, Montana. Coordinates: 48.832768, -112.21894. 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 Glacier Colony includes the ZIP code (59427), telephone area code (406), county seat of Glacier County (Cut Bank), and school district assignment (Cut Bank 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.