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Welcome to Ford ...

Ford is located in Flathead County<1>.

Ford is 3,730 feet [1,137 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Ford is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

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

Area Code for Ford: 406

Communities Also Named Ford ...

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

Beyond Montana, there are 26 communities that are also named Ford - they are located in Colorado, Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan (2), Mississippi (2), Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee (2), Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Ford ...

We have created a list of 7 communities that are near Ford.

  • Polebridge
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Stryker
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Waterton Park
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waterton Park came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterton Park
  • Olney
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Fortine
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Trego
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Eureka
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ford ...

Looking for more information about Ford? 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 Ford, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Ford.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Montana's counties, including Flathead, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ford - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.