Loring Colony, Montana — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live National Weather Service conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Loring Colony, Phillips County.
| City | Loring Colony |
| State | Montana (MT) |
| County | Phillips |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| Latitude | 48.786674 |
| Longitude | -107.973444 |
| Population | 31 |
| Density | 0.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
Loring Colony is a locality in Phillips County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 31. The population density is 0.2 people per km². Loring Colony is located at 48.7867°N, 107.9734°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59537.
Loring Colony exists as a whisper on the Montana plains, a place where the sky claims more dominion than the earth. It lies 177.3 miles east-north-east of Great Falls, MT (from Great Falls, MT: bearing 59°T), and is situated 29.8 miles north of Malta. The land here rolls out in broad, sun-baked waves of prairie grass, punctuated by the occasional stubborn coulee or a stand of cottonwoods that gather themselves around the scarce water. The air, when it’s not carrying the dust of the dry earth, is sharp and clean, tasting of distant snowmelt and the wild sage that carpets the slopes. At dusk, the light bleeds across the horizon in impossible shades of rose and bruised violet, painting the vast emptiness with a quiet, aching beauty. The silence here isn't an absence of sound, but a presence, a deep hum of wind and the rustle of unseen creatures. The history of Loring Colony is tied to the unforgiving promise of the land, a story of homesteaders who came seeking opportunity and found something more akin to endurance. The local economy, such as it is, still leans on the shoulders of agriculture, with ranches and farms stretching across the landscape like faded denim. There’s a persistent, almost defiant spirit in Loring Colony, a quiet understanding that survival here requires a deep well of resilience. The few buildings that comprise its heart are weathered, stoic witnesses to generations of sun and wind, their paint peeling like old memories. It’s a place where time seems to move at the pace of the slow drift of clouds, where the most notable events are often the changing seasons and the enduring strength of the people who call this vast, open country home.
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This page provides an interactive Google map of Loring Colony, Montana with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Loring Colony and Phillips County. Coordinates and population data are also included.
Location data for Loring Colony is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity, not name matching alone — ensuring the correct Loring Colony is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. Location verified by proximity — not name matching alone. |