Kerr Montana Map

About Kerr, Montana

Kerr is a locality in Lake County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 273. The population density is 115.8 people per km². Kerr is located at 47.6797°N, 114.1915°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59860.

Kerr occupies a quiet stretch of land where the earth rises into broad, sun-bleached slopes that hold the heat long after the afternoon light fades. It lies 36.1 miles south of Kalispell, MT (from Kalispell, MT: bearing 171°T), and is situated 1.6 miles southwest of Polson. The horizon is dominated by the distant, jagged teeth of the Mission Mountains, their peaks often veiled in a haze of violet and gray that shifts with the moods of the sky. To the west, the landscape dips toward the Flathead River, which carves a persistent path through the terrain, while the vast expanse of Flathead Lake gathers the mountain runoff nearby. Travelers might find a moment of stillness at the Travis Dolphin Dog Park, where the grass is dry and the wind carries the scent of pine from the distant Swan River State Forest. In the autumn, the air takes on a crisp, metallic edge, sharpening the silhouette of the ridges and turning the golden prairie grasses into a sea of flickering amber.

Kerr emerged from the rugged necessity of the frontier, its identity forged by those who looked at the vast, unforgiving plains and saw a place to anchor a life. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the land, defined by the seasonal pulse of ranching and the slow, steady labor of those who work the soil. Tracks of history run deep through Weythman Gulch, where the echoes of early settlement still cling to the rocky outcrops and hidden ravines. Life here moves with a deliberate, unadorned pace, far removed from the clamor of the urban centers, leaving room for the quiet dignity of a day spent in honest work. On rare, humid afternoons, the distant roar of Mud Creek Falls provides a faint, rhythmic pulse that reminds those in Kerr of the wild, unyielding power of the water that shaped the valley long before the first fence was ever driven into the ground.

About This Kerr Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Kerr, Montana. Coordinates: 47.67966, -114.191507. 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 Kerr includes the ZIP code (59860), telephone area code (406), county seat of Lake County (Polson), and school district assignment (Polson 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.