Woods Bay Montana Map

About Woods Bay, Montana

Woods Bay is a locality in Lake County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 676. The population density is 191.9 people per km². Woods Bay is located at 48.0142°N, 114.0669°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59911.

Woods Bay defines its character through the deep, crystalline expanse of Flathead Lake, which serves as the primary horizon for the local landscape. It lies 18.1 miles southeast of Kalispell, MT (from Kalispell, MT: bearing 138°T), and is situated 4.4 miles south-southeast of Bigfork. The surrounding terrain is a rugged mosaic of timbered slopes and open clearings, defined by the proximity of Montana State Trust Lands that offer an untamed buffer against the encroaching silence of the interior. While the distant, jagged spine of the Rocky Mountains marks the western limit of the world, the immediate vicinity remains defined by the persistent, cold flow of Hunger Creek. The light here has a peculiar, heavy quality in the late afternoon, turning the water a bruised indigo and pulling long, sharp shadows across the terrestrial floor of the Flathead Valley.

Economic life in Woods Bay remains tethered to the rhythms of the earth and the seasonal flux of those who pass through the Flathead National Forest. History here is marked by the quiet persistence of those who worked the timber and the soil, carving a life out of a geography that demands both respect and resilience. The pace of existence is dictated by the transition of the seasons, where the arrival of autumn brings a sudden, biting clarity to the air and a shift in the local industry toward preparation for the long, gray winter. Residents often look toward the Peterson Creek Trail as a quiet artery for movement through the wilderness, finding in the solitude of the woods a sense of continuity that ignores the frantic acceleration of the modern world.

About This Woods Bay Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Woods Bay, Montana. Coordinates: 48.014171, -114.066875. 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 Woods Bay includes the ZIP code (59911), telephone area code (406), county seat of Lake County (Polson), and school district assignment (Bigfork 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.