Piltzville Montana Map

About Piltzville, Montana

Piltzville is a locality in Missoula County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 372. The population density is 192.0 people per km². Piltzville is located at 46.8547°N, 113.8526°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59802.

Piltzville sits in the quiet shadow of the land, where the Clark Fork carves a deliberate path through the earth. It lies 6.3 miles east of Missoula, MT (from Missoula, MT: bearing 97°T), and is situated 8.8 miles east of Orchard Homes. The air here holds a crisp, thin clarity that defines the high country, chilling the lungs before the sun fully clears the horizon. To the west, the distant silhouettes of the Rocky Mountains draw a jagged line against the pale blue, while closer at hand, the terrain softens into the quiet depression of Bear Gulch. The landscape is defined by the steady, unyielding movement of water and the long, golden grasses that shimmer under the vast Montana sky. At dusk, the light turns a bruised, singular violet, casting long shadows that stretch across the plains and pull the world into a sudden, hushed stillness.

Piltzville exists as a place of quiet industry, shaped by the currents of history that once turned on the labor of the earth and the timber of the surrounding slopes. Milltown State Park guards the immediate surroundings, preserving a space where the natural world asserts its dominance over the remnants of human ambition. The local economy mirrors the slow, deliberate pace of the river, favoring the steady grind of maintenance and the seasonal rhythms of the high plains. Residents often travel the short distance to Bull Lake to find a measure of solitude, leaving the familiar hum of the river behind for the deeper silence of the water. Piltzville remains a place where the weight of the past is felt in the architecture of the older buildings and the way the wind moves through the valley, reminding those who stay that the land dictates the terms of life here.

About This Piltzville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Piltzville, Montana. Coordinates: 46.854704, -113.852624. 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 Piltzville includes the ZIP code (59802), telephone area code (406), county seat of Missoula County (Missoula), and school district assignment (Bonner 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.