Santa Rita Montana Map

About Santa Rita, Montana

Santa Rita is a locality in Glacier County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 107. The population density is 11.9 people per km². Santa Rita is located at 48.7005°N, 112.3201°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59427.

Santa Rita occupies a stark, expansive stretch of high prairie where the horizon line remains uninterrupted by anything but the shift of passing clouds. It lies 95.3 miles north-northwest of Great Falls, MT (from Great Falls, MT: bearing 331°T), and is situated 4.7 miles north of Cut Bank. The earth here is defined by the arid, weathered contours of Head Light Coulee, which cuts through the soil three miles away to shape the drainage of the plains. To the west, the distant silhouettes of the Rocky Mountains provide a jagged, blue-gray anchor to the sky, though they remain far enough to feel like a memory. The air here holds a sharp, clean clarity, often carrying the scent of dry bunchgrass and the cooling breath of the evening as it settles over the Montana State Trust Lands just two miles from the center of Santa Rita.

Agriculture and the quiet, persistent pulse of energy extraction define the work of those who remain in Santa Rita, a place where the economy is tethered to the subterranean wealth and the endurance of the rangeland. Water is a precious, deliberate presence, found in the steady flow of Cut Bank Creek three miles distant or in the quiet stillness of Allison Lake four miles to the north. Life moves in accordance with the seasons, guided by the immense, heavy silence of the plains rather than the frantic pace of larger hubs. Men and women here understand the weight of the wind and the way the light turns a bruised, singular gold at dusk, illuminating the vast, empty spaces that define the character of the northern high country.

About This Santa Rita Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Santa Rita, Montana. Coordinates: 48.700541, -112.320052. 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 Santa Rita includes the ZIP code (59427), telephone area code (406), county seat of Glacier County (Cut Bank), and school district assignment (Cut Bank 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.