Ismay Montana Map

About Ismay, Montana

Ismay is a locality in Custer County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 17. The population density is 15.6 people per km². Ismay is located at 46.4972°N, 104.7941°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Ismay is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 59336.

Ismay persists as a quiet gathering of structures upon the vast, high plains of eastern Montana, defined by the persistent presence of O’Fallon Creek as it carves a shallow, winding path through the dry earth. It lies 98.6 miles west-southwest of Dickinson, ND (from Dickinson, ND: bearing 255°T), and is situated 50.2 miles east of Miles City. The horizon here is vast and stripped of pretense, where the sky claims more space than the land, and the light at dusk settles in long, bruised purples across the sagebrush and prairie grasses. To the west, the distant silhouettes of the Blue Mountains provide a jagged, hazy boundary to the world, while the immediate landscape remains open and exposed to the relentless movement of the wind. Montana State Trust Lands encompass the surrounding acreage, ensuring that the wild, unmanicured character of the plains remains undisturbed by the encroachment of modern development.

History clings to the weathered wood of Ismay, a place where the echoes of the railroad era still linger in the stillness of the afternoon. The local economy remains anchored to the rhythms of the earth, defined by the hard, necessary work of ranching and the cyclical demands of agriculture that have sustained families here for generations. Seven miles away, the terrain dips into the quiet seclusion of Loony Hollow, while the waters of Archdale Reservoir wait eight miles to the north, offering a rare stillness in a region otherwise shaped by the flow of the creek. Life in Ismay moves at the pace of the seasons, marked by the slow migration of cattle and the stark, honest clarity of a landscape that demands resilience from everything that calls it home.

About This Ismay Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ismay, Montana. Coordinates: 46.497228, -104.794128. 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 Ismay includes the ZIP code (59336), telephone area code (406), county seat of Custer County (Miles City), and school district assignment (Custer County High 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.