Vida Montana Map

About Vida, Montana

Vida is a locality in McCone County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 24. The population density is 105.3 people per km². Vida is located at 47.8320°N, 105.4930°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59274.

Vida occupies a vast, open expanse where the horizon stretches thin and pale against a sky that seems to possess more weight than the earth itself. It lies 89.4 miles west-southwest of Williston, ND (from Williston, ND: bearing 257°T), and is situated 19.1 miles south-southeast of Wolf Point. Presserville Creek carves a shallow, wandering path through the dry grasses near the settlement, its bed often holding more memory of water than the flow itself. To the southwest, the distant, hazy silhouette of the Bonin Divide provides a jagged interruption to the otherwise relentless flatness of the plains. The air here holds the scent of sagebrush and cured wheat, cooling rapidly as the sun retreats behind the low ridges of the Gady Coulee. A short distance away, the quiet perimeter of Montana State Trust Lands offers a stark, unadorned landscape where the wind carries the silence of the high prairie without apology.

Vida remains tethered to the slow, deliberate pulse of dryland farming and the shifting demands of the cattle trade, industries that have defined the rhythm of these acres for generations. The economy clings to the cycles of harvest and drought, a precarious balance that keeps the pace of life measured and cautious. Residents look toward Beery Reservoir when the heat lingers, though the water serves as a pragmatic resource rather than a destination for leisure. Life in Vida is defined by the immense spaces between neighbors, fostering a quiet self-reliance that is as much a part of the local character as the weathered grain elevators standing sentinel against the gray light of winter. It is a place where the history of the homesteaders is still legible in the fence lines and the rusted machinery resting in the tall weeds, holding fast to a landscape that refuses to be tamed.

About This Vida Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Vida, Montana. Coordinates: 47.831958, -105.49305. 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 Vida includes the ZIP code (59274), telephone area code (406), county seat of McCone County (Circle), and school district assignment (Circle High 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.