Windham Montana Map

About Windham, Montana

Windham is a locality in Judith Basin County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 43. The population density is 39.9 people per km². Windham is located at 47.0786°N, 110.1405°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59479.

Windham unfolds across a vast expanse of high-plains prairie, where the horizon stretches into an immense, unbroken line that seems to hold the very weight of the sky. It lies 61.7 miles east-southeast of Great Falls, MT (from Great Falls, MT: bearing 118°T), and is situated 33.5 miles west of Lewistown. Sage Creek carves a quiet, meandering path through the earth here, its presence marked by a subtle shift in vegetation that draws a thin, verdant ribbon across the arid golden grasses. To the west, the distant, jagged silhouettes of the Rocky Mountains provide a cold, blue anchor to the view, while the immediate landscape remains defined by the wide, open reaches of Montana State Trust Lands. The light in this country possesses a singular clarity, bleaching the color from the dry stalks at midday and casting long, melancholic shadows that emphasize the solitude of the terrain. Three miles to the east, the land softens into the gentle, sheltered depression of Pleasant Valley, creating a contrast of depth against the surrounding elevation.

Windham retains the quiet endurance of a settlement built upon the cycles of the earth, its history tied inextricably to the rhythm of ranching and the slow labor of the soil. While Red Shed Lake lies seven miles away as a glassy, reflective point in the distance, the daily economy of Windham remains rooted in the expansive grazing lands that define the region’s character. Life here moves with a deliberate pace, dictated by the turning of the seasons and the demands of the livestock that move across the unfenced horizon. The quietude is rarely broken, save for the wind brushing against the sagebrush or the distant hum of a vehicle traveling the rural routes that link these sparse clusters of life. In this corner of the state, the culture is one of profound self-reliance, where the resilience of the inhabitants is mirrored in the hardy, sun-scorched vegetation that claims the ground.

About This Windham Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Windham, Montana. Coordinates: 47.078578, -110.140481. 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 Windham includes the ZIP code (59479), telephone area code (406), county seat of Judith Basin County (Stanford), and school district assignment (Stanford 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.