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Welcome to Lazy Day ...

So far, we found very little information about Lazy Day. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Lazy Day to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Lazy Day, please Contact Us.


Lazy Day would have been located within present day Park County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lazy Day, you might consider that their post office opened in 1938.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Lazy Day is 6,550 feet [1,996 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Lazy Day is 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Lazy Day was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Lazy Day was located: 406

Communities near Lazy Day ...

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

  • White City
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • White City is located in Park County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
  • Chico Hot Springs
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Chico Hot Springs is located in Park County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chico Hot Springs
  • Chico
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Chico is located in Park County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chico
  • Pine Creek
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Pine Creek is located in Park County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek
  • Pray
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Silver Gate
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Cooke City - Silver Gate
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Cooke City
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Nye
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Brisbin
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Brisbin is located in Park County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisbin

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

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

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

Adding Lazy Day to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lazy Day in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

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

From that list, the Lazy Day post office opened in 1938. The Lazy Day post office closed in 1946.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lazy Day.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Lazy Day, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lazy Day - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/