Lindisfarne Montana Map

About Lindisfarne, Montana

Lindisfarne is a locality in Lake County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 320. The population density is 47.9 people per km². Lindisfarne is located at 47.8042°N, 114.2082°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59860.

Lindisfarne occupies a quiet expanse of land defined by the expansive, glacial reach of Flathead Lake, which lies only seven miles from the center point of the settlement. It lies 27.0 miles south of Kalispell, MT (from Kalispell, MT: bearing 172°T), and is situated 8.5 miles north-northwest of Polson. The landscape surrounding Lindisfarne rises in deliberate, heavy shifts of earth, where the soil holds the chill of the long Montana winters and the scent of pine needles carried down from the distant, serrated silhouette of the Mission Mountains. To the east, the terrain yields to the dense, disciplined timber of the Swan River State Forest, while the immediate periphery is defined by the open, unmanaged grasses of the Montana State Trust Lands. In the late afternoon, the light here loses its sharpness, turning the shadow of the landscape into a deep, bruised violet that clings to the ground long after the sun has retreated behind the western ridges.

Lindisfarne developed through the slow accumulation of homesteaders and timber crews who found the proximity to the water and the timbered slopes a practical necessity for survival. The economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the seasons, shifting between the light touch of summer tourism and the rigorous, solitary labor of forestry and land management. Residents often track the turning year by the flow of Dayton Creek, which cuts through the lower elevations with a persistent, percussive sound that breaks the stillness of the valley floor. History is not recited here so much as it is worn in the weathered wood of local outbuildings and the deep ruts of old logging roads that wind toward the higher, more secluded reaches of the basin near Weythman Gulch. Life in Lindisfarne moves with a deliberate, singular gravity, favoring the steady work of the day over the noise of the outside world.

About This Lindisfarne Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lindisfarne, Montana. Coordinates: 47.80422, -114.208211. 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 Lindisfarne 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.