Highwood Montana Map

About Highwood, Montana

Highwood is a locality in Chouteau County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 165. The population density is 12.3 people per km². Highwood is located at 47.5992°N, 110.7696°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59450.

Highwood occupies a quiet expanse within the basin known as Big Sag, where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered under a vault of pale, expansive sky. It lies 24.5 miles east-northeast of Great Falls, MT (from Great Falls, MT: bearing 76°T), and is situated 19.1 miles east-northeast of Malmstrom AFB. The landscape is defined by the subtle, persistent erosion of the prairie, creating a topography that holds the morning light in long, amber streaks across the grasses. Nearby, the waters of Highwood Creek carve a modest, persistent path through the earth, offering a ribbon of riparian green that contrasts with the tawny, sun-bleached plains. While the distant, jagged peaks of the Rocky Mountains remain a faint, frosted silhouette against the western sky, the immediate surroundings are dominated by the open, austere character of the basin, occasionally punctuated by the quiet, seasonal rhythms of the Chouteau County Waterfowl Production Area.

Highwood remains a place where the economy is tethered to the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons and the cultivation of the soil. The legacy of those who first settled these plains persists in the sturdy, utilitarian architecture of the farmsteads and the wind-worn fences that delineate the fields. Life here is measured not by the clock, but by the progress of the harvest and the changing temperament of the wind that sweeps across the basin. Local residents maintain a connection to the land that is both practical and profound, often seeking respite at the quiet edges of Big Sag Lake. In the evenings, when the temperature drops and the shadows lengthen across the dirt roads, Highwood settles into a stillness that feels as ancient as the plains themselves, undisturbed by the hurried pace of the world beyond the ridge.

About This Highwood Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Highwood, Montana. Coordinates: 47.599181, -110.769605. 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 Highwood includes the ZIP code (59450), telephone area code (406), county seat of Chouteau County (Fort Benton), and school district assignment (Highwood K-12).

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.