Roberts Montana Map

About Roberts, Montana

Roberts is a locality in Carbon County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 304. The population density is 29.5 people per km². Roberts is located at 45.3436°N, 109.1818°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59070.

Roberts emerges from the high plains as a collection of low-slung buildings anchored by the constant, rhythmic presence of Rock Creek, which carves a shallow path through the earth nearby. It lies 43.6 miles southwest of Billings, MT (from Billings, MT: bearing 228°T), and is situated 12.6 miles north-northeast of Red Lodge. The horizon is dominated by the jagged, snow-dusted silhouette of the Beartooth Mountains, standing thirty miles to the west like a silent, blue-gray barricade against the sky. Sunlight here possesses a peculiar, thin clarity that strips away artifice, illuminating the dry grasses and the sagebrush that cling to the alkaline soil. Beyond the immediate reach of the creek, the landscape stretches toward the distant, arid expanse of Dry Creek Basin, where the wind carries the scent of dust and coming storms across a terrain defined by immense, unobstructed openness.

Agriculture and the quiet labor of ranching sustain Roberts, dictating a pace of life that aligns itself with the seasonal shifts of the northern plains. The history of the area is etched into the fence lines and the weathered wood of old barns, reminders of those who first broke the sod to carve a living from this unforgiving geology. Local life often drifts toward the water at the Water Birch Fishing Access Site, a quiet sanctuary where the riparian growth offers a brief respite from the sun, or toward the still, reflective surface of Hokola Ditch. Residents here navigate the day with a grounded pragmatism, finding a stark, unadorned beauty in the way the shadows lengthen over the fields as evening settles, turning the expansive Montana sky into a deep, darkening violet.

About This Roberts Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Roberts, Montana. Coordinates: 45.343612, -109.181754. 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 Roberts includes the ZIP code (59070), telephone area code (406), county seat of Carbon County (Red Lodge), and school district assignment (Roberts 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.