Welcome to Alpine ...

Alpine is located in Carbon County<1>.

The location of Alpine has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Alpine, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1914.

Alpine is 6,220 feet [1,896 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Alpine is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Alpine lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Alpine is located in the (406) area code.

Communities Also Named Alpine ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Montana communities named Alpine: This one is located in Carbon County and the other is located in Fergus County.

Beyond Montana, there are 43 communities that are also named Alpine - they are located in Alabama (2), Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas (3), California (3), Colorado (2), Florida (3), Georgia (2), Idaho (2), Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Manitoba, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Nevada (2), New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon (2), Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia (3), Washington and Wyoming.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Alpine.

Communities near Alpine ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Alpine.

• Red Lodge
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lodge
  • Red Lodge is located in Carbon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,359 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Red Lodge <4>
• Roscoe
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roscoe
  • Roscoe is located in Carbon County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roscoe <4>
• Dean
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
  • Dean is located in Stillwater County
• Fishtail
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishtail
  • Fishtail is located in Stillwater County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fishtail <4>
• Nye
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nye
  • Nye is located in Stillwater County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nye <4>
• Beehive
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beehive
  • Beehive is located in Stillwater County
• Cooke City - Silver Gate
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooke City - Silver Gate
  • Cooke City - Silver Gate is located in Park County
• Cooke City
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cooke City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooke City
  • Cooke City is located in Park County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cooke City <4>
• Silver Gate
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Gate
  • Silver Gate is located in Park County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silver Gate <4>
• Bearcreek
  (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearcreek
  • Bearcreek is located in Carbon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bearcreek <4>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Alpine. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Alpine.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Alpine. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Alpine.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Alpine. See our Newspapers Page for Alpine.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Alpine ...

Looking for more information about Alpine? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Alpine, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Alpine.

Adding Alpine to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Alpine in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Alpine was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Alpine post office opened in 1914.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Alpine.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Alpine. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Montana: https://mt.gov/