Scobey Montana Map

About Scobey, Montana

Scobey is a locality in Daniels County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 999. The population density is 524.1 people per km². Scobey is located at 48.7925°N, 105.4208°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Scobey is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 59263.

Scobey occupies a vast, open expanse where the horizon stretches wide enough to swallow the sun each evening in a slow, amber swallow. It lies 93.9 miles west-northwest of Williston, ND (from Williston, ND: bearing 299°T), and is situated 49.5 miles north-northeast of Wolf Point. The landscape surrounding Scobey is defined by the rigorous, unadorned geometry of the high plains, where the earth meets the sky in a sharp, unwavering line. Four Buttes rise in the distance like stone sentinels guarding the silence of the prairie, while the nearby Manternach Coulee carves a subtle, shadowed crease into the otherwise level terrain. The Poplar River traces a thin, verdant vein through the soil just a mile away, providing a quiet rhythm to the landscape that shifts with the seasons. Here, the light possesses a crystalline quality, turning the grasses to pale gold in the autumn and casting long, melancholic shadows that seem to stretch across the immense distance of the Montana plains.

Scobey functions as a steadfast anchor for the agricultural life that defines this reach of the state, with the local economy rooted firmly in the cyclical labor of wheat fields and the endurance of ranching. Vast stretches of Montana State Trust Lands provide a sprawling, untamed backdrop for the daily commerce of the region, where the pace of existence is governed by the harvest and the arrival of winter. History is kept in the weathered grain elevators and the steady, persistent industry of those who cultivate the heavy earth. For recreation, the quiet waters of Paradis Pond offer a brief, reflective pause in the middle of a working week. Life in Scobey moves with an internal, measured gravity, reflecting a culture that values the resilience of the individual against the sheer, expansive scale of the geography.

About This Scobey Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Scobey, Montana. Coordinates: 48.792524, -105.420827. 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 Scobey includes the ZIP code (59263), telephone area code (406), county seat of Daniels County (Scobey), and school district assignment (Scobey 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.