Official Name: | Silver Gate, Montana |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | Montana#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Silver Gate |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Coordinates: | 45.0069°N -109.9894°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Montana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Park |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 4.36 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 4.36 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Area Total Km2: | 11.30 |
Area Land Km2: | 11.30 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Density Km2: | 1.68 |
Timezone: | Mountain (MST) |
Utc Offset: | -7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
Elevation Ft: | 7390 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
Postal Code: | 59081 |
Area Code: | 406 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 30-68425 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2583847 |
Population Total: | 19 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 4.36 |
Silver Gate is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Park County, Montana, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 20.[2] Prior to 2010, it was part of the Cooke City-Silver Gate CDP.
The community sits northeast of Yellowstone National Park on the Beartooth Highway (U.S. Route 212). It is the closest community to the park's Northeast Entrance Station.
Silver Gate is in the southeast part of Park County, bordered to the south by the North Absaroka Wilderness within Shoshone National Forest in the state of Wyoming, to the west by Yellowstone National Park, and to the east by Cooke City. The two towns sit in the valley of Soda Butte Creek, which flows southwest into Wyoming to join the Lamar River within Yellowstone Park. The valley is part of the Yellowstone River watershed.
The CDP is in Cooke City Elementary School District and Gardiner High School District[3] The high school district is a component of Gardiner Public Schools.[4]