Rimrock Colony Montana Map

About Rimrock Colony, Montana

Rimrock Colony is a locality in Toole County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 105. The population density is 129.1 people per km². Rimrock Colony is located at 48.8954°N, 112.0952°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59482.

Rimrock Colony occupies a stretch of high, expansive prairie where the horizon pulls the eye toward a vastness that feels entirely unmediated by human scale. It lies 103.1 miles north-northwest of Great Falls, MT (from Great Falls, MT: bearing 340°T), and is situated 29.1 miles north-northwest of Shelby. The earth here is defined by a rigorous, wind-scoured austerity, marked by the nearby Montana State Trust Lands which offer a quiet expanse of native grasses and sagebrush. Only a mile away, the Benton Trail Lakes sit as still mirrors under the wide, pale dome of the sky, reflecting the shifting clouds that move across the plains with a slow, deliberate grace. While the jagged peaks of the Rocky Mountains remain a distant, hazy indigo smudge on the far western edge of sight, the immediate topography is shaped by the subtle erosion of the land, leading toward the deeper depressions of Wolf Coulee seven miles out. The air carries a crisp, thin clarity that sharpens the edges of every fence line and silo, making the silence of the afternoon feel heavy and deliberate.

Rimrock Colony maintains a quiet, self-contained existence rooted in the labor of the soil and the cycles of the agricultural season. The economy remains tethered to the rhythmic demands of farming and husbandry, with the nearby Red River providing a steady, if distant, anchor for the regional hydrology. Life in Rimrock Colony is defined by a communal reliance on the land, where the passage of time is measured not by external industry, but by the turning of the crops and the changing light that turns the stubble fields to shades of amber and straw. Residents operate with a steady, pragmatic focus, upholding a tradition of collective work that has persisted through the changing demands of the modern era. There is a profound stillness in the way the local day concludes, as the sunset bleeds across the prairie, momentarily softening the hard, productive geometry of the fields before the long, dark quiet of the Montana night takes hold.

About This Rimrock Colony Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Rimrock Colony, Montana. Coordinates: 48.8954, -112.0952. 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 Rimrock Colony includes the ZIP code (59482), telephone area code (406), county seat of Toole County (Shelby), and school district assignment (Sunburst K-12 Schools).

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.