Starr School Montana Map

About Starr School, Montana

Starr School is a locality in Glacier County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 267. The population density is 24.4 people per km². Starr School is located at 48.6048°N, 113.1422°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59417.

Starr School occupies a vast expanse of high plains where the North Fork Cut Bank Creek carves a persistent, winding path through the tawny grasses. It lies 60.3 miles east-northeast of Kalispell, MT (from Kalispell, MT: bearing 63°T), and is situated 6.1 miles west-northwest of North Browning. The horizon stretches thin and taut, a wide-brimmed bowl of sky that presses down upon the earth with a pale, unrelenting clarity. Three miles distant, the land dips into the basin of Starr School Flat, a low-lying relief that catches the long, amber shadows of late afternoon. While the Rocky Mountains remain a distant, jagged memory on the western rim, the immediate terrain feels ancient and stripped of pretense, defined by the sharp scent of sagebrush and the sudden, bracing bite of wind that sweeps across the open ground.

Life in Starr School persists in the quiet, rhythmic labor of a landscape shaped by generations of history on Blackfeet land. The economy remains tethered to the pulse of the soil and the grazing of livestock, mirroring the slow, deliberate pace of the seasons that dictate the work of the day. Travelers passing through might catch the distant, muffled roar of Two Medicine Falls or feel the heavy, cold presence of Lupfer Glacier lingering in the memory of the northern air. Proximity to Unknown Park offers a sanctuary of wild, unmanaged space, while the stillness of Hidden Lake provides a meditative contrast to the ceaseless movement of the creek. Here, the character of the place is not found in grand architecture, but in the enduring resilience of those who call this spare, beautiful country their own.

About This Starr School Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Starr School, Montana. Coordinates: 48.604804, -113.142221. 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 Starr School includes the ZIP code (59417), telephone area code (406), county seat of Glacier County (Cut Bank), and school district assignment (Browning 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.