Hungry Horse Montana Map

About Hungry Horse, Montana

Hungry Horse is a locality in Flathead County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 828. The population density is 222.9 people per km². Hungry Horse is located at 48.3858°N, 114.0610°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59919.

Hungry Horse occupies a rugged corridor where the cold, rushing waters of the Flathead River carve a path through the dense, coniferous timber of the Montana landscape. It lies 17.5 miles northeast of Kalispell, MT (from Kalispell, MT: bearing 41°T), and is situated 5.6 miles east of Columbia Falls. Sunlight here filters through the canopy in sharp, slanted needles, illuminating the deep greens of the forest and the gray, stony veins of the earth that define this high-country terrain. To the east, the distant, snow-dusted peaks of the Rocky Mountains anchor the horizon, standing as silent sentinels over the wild, untamed expanse. Hikers seeking the high ridges often congregate near the Columbia Mountain Trail, where the air grows thin and crisp, carrying the scent of damp pine and the lingering chill of the high elevations. Even in the height of summer, the shadow of Stanton Glacier looms in the collective consciousness of those who traverse these woods, a reminder of the frozen history that continues to shape the character of the soil and stream.

Hungry Horse emerged from the industrial necessity of mid-century engineering, born of the massive dam project that brought a permanent alteration to the local geography. The economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the land and the management of the surrounding wilderness, with the nearby Hungry Horse Reservoir serving as a vast, quiet basin that holds the meltwater of the seasons. Residents maintain a life defined by the seasonal cycles of the Flathead, Montana Wild and Scenic River, a waterway that demands respect and dictates the pace of local activity. Travelers passing toward the entrance of Badrock Canyon often stop here, finding a place where the clamor of the modern world fades against the immense, quiet scale of the timberlands. The spirit of Hungry Horse persists in this deliberate isolation, a steady pulse of human endurance set against the backdrop of a landscape that neither asks for nor offers any easy surrender.

About This Hungry Horse Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hungry Horse, Montana. Coordinates: 48.385798, -114.060953. 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 Hungry Horse includes the ZIP code (59919), telephone area code (406), county seat of Flathead County (Kalispell), and school district assignment (Columbia Falls 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.