Bearcreek, Montana Weather
Bearcreek, Montana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Bearcreek, Carbon County.
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About Bearcreek, Montana
Bearcreek rests in a fold of Montana’s rugged landscape, where the earth exhales a breath of coal dust and sagebrush. It lies 53.5 miles south-west of Billings, MT (from Billings, MT: bearing 217°T), and is situated 4.7 miles east-south-east of Red Lodge. The terrain here is a study in contrasts, with the sharp, serrated peaks of the Absaroka Range looming in the distance, their snow-capped summits catching the sun's fierce gaze. Closer in, the rolling hills give way to a more intimate valley, a place where the grasses grow tall and whisper secrets to the wind. The air itself carries a certain weight, a coolness that hints at the high altitude and the deep shadows that can fall across the land with surprising speed. Even in the brightest midday sun, there’s a sense of the earth’s raw power, a quiet immensity that dwarfs human endeavors. The history of Bearcreek is inextricably linked to the dark veins of coal that lie beneath its soil, a resource that fueled industry and shaped the lives of generations. This was a place built on hard work, where the clang of pickaxes and the rumble of mine carts were once the dominant sounds. The local economy, though it has shifted from its mining heyday, still carries the echoes of that past, a resilience forged in the crucible of resource extraction. You can still see the scars on the land, reminders of the tireless effort to pull wealth from the earth. Today, Bearcreek is a place of quiet persistence, where the vastness of the Montana sky seems to absorb the concerns of daily life, leaving a profound sense of peace.
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| Location | Bearcreek, Carbon County, Montana |
| Coordinates | 45.160779°N, 109.157095°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 59007 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Bearcreek, Montana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bearcreek, Montana, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Bearcreek includes coordinates 45.160779°N, 109.157095°W, situated in Carbon County. ZIP code 59007. Telephone area code: 406. Timezone: Mountain Time (America/Denver).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
