Cooke City, Montana

About Cooke City

Set in the southern part of Montana, Cooke City is a small unincorporated community.

Officially, Cooke City is a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 9.54 square miles.

📰 Cooke City News Today

• Trip Report - Spring Skiing in Cooke City, MT with Blizzard Tecnica freeskier · Apr 29
• Update: Beartooth Highway (US-212) from Red Lodge to Cooke City, Montana, is now open for the season National Park Service (.gov) · May 26
• Checking In From Sledneck Heaven AKA Cooke City, Montana powder.com · Apr 15
• Fast-tracked Forest Service Project Fails Integrity Test in Cooke City Mountain Journal · May 7
• Forest Service rescinds Cooke City logging project after lawsuit challenge Bozeman Daily Chronicle · May 5

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Cooke City Unique

• The only place in America named Cooke City — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southern Montana, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
• Well connected: 1+ neighboring communities within 4 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Cooke City

• Buns N Beds Deli — barbecue
• Beartooth Brew (café)
• Beartooth Cafe
• Cooke City Coffee (café)
• Prospector
• The Bistro — american
• Wooka's Wild Eats

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Cooke City Montana Museum · Museum

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Cooke City

• Willow Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Cooke City

• Cooke City School

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Cooke City

🏘️ Nearby Communities