Kila Montana Map

About Kila, Montana

Kila is a locality in Flathead County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 424. The population density is 41.2 people per km². Kila is located at 48.1215°N, 114.4767°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59920.

Kila occupies a quiet expanse of land where the horizon is defined by the subtle, persistent reach of grass and timber rather than the sudden verticality of the distant Rocky Mountains. It lies 8.4 miles southwest of Kalispell, MT (from Kalispell, MT: bearing 232°T), and is situated 11.1 miles southwest of Evergreen. The terrain surrounding Kila is marked by the modest dip of Hoffman Draw, a depression in the earth that catches the morning frost and holds the cool, damp air long after the sun has climbed. Beyond the immediate fields, the landscape is punctuated by the presence of the Flathead County Waterfowl Production Area, where the land serves as a communal sanctuary for migratory life, undisturbed and vast. When the wind moves across the plains, it carries a sharpness that speaks of high elevations and the long, thin intervals of space between the scattered dwellings.

Economic life in Kila remains tethered to the slow, deliberate rhythms of the land, drawing sustenance from the soil and the quiet passage of Ashley Creek as it snakes through the lower pastures. The proximity of Ashley Lake, eight miles to the west, provides a focus for the local climate, moderating the heat of midsummer and reflecting the pale, expansive sky of the northern plains. History here is written not in monuments, but in the enduring patterns of fence lines and the weathered wood of structures that have withstood decades of heavy snow. Life in Kila is defined by this understated persistence, a way of existing that values the utility of a well-tended field and the solitary, dignified silence that settles over the region when the daylight begins to fail.

About This Kila Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Kila, Montana. Coordinates: 48.121529, -114.476703. 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 Kila includes the ZIP code (59920), telephone area code (406), county seat of Flathead County (Kalispell), and school district assignment (Flathead 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.