Loma Montana Map

About Loma, Montana

Loma is a locality in Chouteau County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 65. The population density is 7.3 people per km². Loma is located at 47.9511°N, 110.4886°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59460.

Loma marks a quiet confluence where the high prairie stretches toward a horizon defined by the immense, pale clarity of a Montana sky. It lies 47.8 miles northeast of Great Falls, MT (from Great Falls, MT: bearing 51°T), and is situated 56.7 miles southwest of Havre. The Marias River carves a deliberate path through the landscape, its winding channel anchoring the earth against the vastness of the plains. Two miles to the east, the carved depression of Dry Fork Coulee hints at the ancient, slow-moving forces that shaped this terrain long before human arrival. During the golden hour, the light here possesses a peculiar, thin intensity, casting long, sharp shadows across the grasses and lending the soil a bruised, earthen hue that seems to absorb the day’s heat. At the Loma Bridge Fishing Access Site, the water moves with a steady, hushed urgency, offering a point of stillness where the land meets the riverbank.

Loma stands as a testament to the endurance of those who first surveyed these plains, their legacy preserved in the enduring rhythm of a regional economy built upon the cycles of dryland farming and the quiet movement of grain. The labor of the fields defines the pulse of the place, where the machinery of harvest echoes against the silence of the vacant space between clusters of buildings. While the distant, jagged silhouette of the Rocky Mountains remains a faint suggestion on the far western edge of vision, life here is governed by the immediate, practical demands of the soil and the seasonal shifts of the wind. Even the nearby Harwood Lake remains a distant, quiet presence, leaving the daily experience of Loma to be defined by the intersection of the railway lines and the long, straight roads that draw the traveler through the heart of the high country.

About This Loma Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Loma, Montana. Coordinates: 47.951118, -110.488611. 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 Loma includes the ZIP code (59460), telephone area code (406), county seat of Chouteau County (Fort Benton), and school district assignment (Fort Benton 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.