Kicking Horse Montana Map

About Kicking Horse, Montana

Kicking Horse is a locality in Lake County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 76. The population density is 12.1 people per km². Kicking Horse is located at 47.4612°N, 114.0603°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59824.

Kicking Horse occupies a quiet stretch of land defined by the expansive, still waters of Kicking Horse Reservoir, where the sky seems to press down with a heavy, pale clarity. It lies 40.8 miles north of Missoula, MT (from Missoula, MT: bearing 355°T), and is situated 4.9 miles south-southeast of Ronan. To the east, the jagged silhouette of the Mission Mountains rises abruptly, their peaks often holding the lingering chill of the distant McDonald Glacier. The surrounding earth is a patchwork of sagebrush and cultivated plots, drained by the steady, modest flow of Mollman Creek as it snakes toward the reservoir. In the early autumn, the light turns a thin, brittle gold, catching the ripples on the water and deepening the violet shadows that pool in the low-lying basin of West Miller Coulee.

History in Kicking Horse is measured not in monuments, but in the enduring labor of those who manage the irrigation and agriculture that define the local economy. The proximity of the Lake County Waterfowl Production Area Of Mt ensures that the landscape remains a vital corridor for migratory birds, their seasonal cries adding a sharp, wild punctuation to the stillness of the fields. While the distant, thundering spray of Terrace Falls remains a local landmark for those inclined to travel, the character of Kicking Horse is found in the slow, deliberate work of the harvest and the maintenance of the water systems. Life here adheres to the cycles of the land, moving with the same gravity as the water, largely indifferent to the frantic pace of the world beyond the horizon.

About This Kicking Horse Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Kicking Horse, Montana. Coordinates: 47.46115, -114.060264. 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 Kicking Horse includes the ZIP code (59824), telephone area code (406), county seat of Lake County (Polson), and school district assignment (Ronan 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.