Sun River Montana Map

About Sun River, Montana

Sun River is a locality in Cascade County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 95. The population density is 19.7 people per km². Sun River is located at 47.5333°N, 111.7214°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59483.

Sun River flows with a steady, deliberate weight across the high plains, carving a path through the earth that defines the very character of the landscape. It lies 19.8 miles west of Great Falls, MT (from Great Falls, MT: bearing 277°T), and is situated 25.2 miles west of Malmstrom AFB. The currents of the Sun River catch the pale, amber light of late afternoon, reflecting a sky that feels vast enough to swallow the horizon. To the west, the jagged silhouette of the Rocky Mountains marks the distant edge of the world, while closer at hand, the terrain shifts into the subtle, arid depressions of Prevo Coulee. The air here carries the scent of dry grass and cold stone, a stillness that persists even when the wind whips across the open fields. At the Medicine River Fishing Access Site, the water brushes against the bank with a rhythmic, low-frequency hum, grounding the sprawling geography in a singular, tangible point of contact.

Agriculture anchors the rhythm of life in Sun River, where the cycles of planting and harvest dictate the pace of the day more surely than any clock. The legacy of those who first traversed these plains remains in the sturdy, weathered architecture that dots the countryside, a quiet endurance against the seasonal extremes of the Montana climate. Farther out, the seasonal migration of birds toward Freezeout Lake provides a fleeting, frantic energy to the landscape, contrasting with the patient, methodical work of the local ranches. Economic life here is bound to the soil and the water, a tradition of self-reliance that has persisted through decades of change. In the quiet intervals between the tasks of the day, Sun River maintains a stoic grace, defined by the immense, uncluttered distance between the land and the sky.

About This Sun River Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Sun River, Montana. Coordinates: 47.533287, -111.721372. 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 Sun River includes the ZIP code (59483), telephone area code (406), county seat of Cascade County (Great Falls), and school district assignment (Sun River Valley 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.