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Welcome to Hunters Hot Springs ...

Hunters Hot Springs is located in Park County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hunters Hot Springs, you might consider that their post office opened in 1878.

A typical abbreviation for Hunters Hot Springs: Hunters Hot Spgs. (or less commonly used: Hunters Hot Spngs. or Hunters Hot Sprngs.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Hunters Hot Springs for more information about variations on the name of Hunters Hot Springs.

Hunters Hot Springs is 4,380 feet [1,335 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Hunters Hot Springs is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

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

Area Code for Hunters Hot Springs: 406

Communities near Hunters Hot Springs ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Hunters Hot Springs.

  • Livingston
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Big Timber
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Clyde Park
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • McLeod
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Greycliff
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  • Pine Creek
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Pine Creek is located in Park County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek
  • Brisbin
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Brisbin is located in Park County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisbin
  • Hoppers
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Hoppers is located in Park County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoppers
  • Sourdough
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Sourdough is located in Sweet Grass County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sourdough
  • Wilsall
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)

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 Hunters Hot Springs. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hunters Hot Springs.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Hunters Hot Springs. 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 Hunters Hot Springs.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hunters Hot Springs ...

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

Adding Hunters Hot Springs to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hunters Hot Springs 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 (so far) for Hunters Hot Springs was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Hunters Hot Springs post office opened in 1878. The Hunters Hot Springs post office closed in 1932.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hunters Hot Springs.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Montana's counties, including Park, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hunters Hot Springs - 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>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/