About Lockwood
Lockwood, MT is a small unincorporated community located in southeastern Montana.
Lockwood holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 12.86 square miles.
📰 Lockwood News Today
- Lockwood High School (Billings, MT) Volleyball MaxPreps · Aug 13
- Lockwood Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 24
- Washington Post. . A Montana hiker is recovering after being impaled by his trekking pole while climbing Granite Peak, the state’s highest mountain. David Cifaldi was about three miles from the summit when he slipped and fell, leaving the steel-tipped pole lod facebook.com · Aug 1
- Jess Lockwood rides again in Billings; Cassio Dias wins Round 1 at PBR montanasports.com · Apr 18
- Graduation Lockwood Jr Sr High School - 05/31/2026 | Live & On Demand nfhsnetwork.com · May 31
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Lockwood Unique
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- Positioned in southeastern Montana, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
- Part of the fabric of Montana — one of 497 recognized communities statewide.
Why People Love It Here
- A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
- Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
- Easy reach of Billings (8 mi) — commute to the city, live where it's calm.
🍽️ Where to Eat in Lockwood
- Pizza Hut — pizza
- Santiago's Mexican Restaurant — mexican
- Blues BBQ
- City Brew Coffee (café)
- Classy N' Sassy Coffee (café)
- F.O.E. of Billings
- Fork & Fuel
- Godfather's Pizza — pizza
- Guadalajara Mexican Restaurant — mexican
- Hits The Spot (café)
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Big Horn Design and Art Gallery · Art gallery
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Lockwood
- Lake Elmo State Park reviews ★
- Pictograph Cave State Park reviews ★
- Arrowhead Park reviews ★
- Cherry Creek Community Park reviews ★
- Clevenger Park reviews ★
- Count Park reviews ★
- Earl Gus Park reviews ★
- Harris Park reviews ★
- Hawthorne Park reviews ★
- Hillner Park reviews ★
- John H. Dover Memorial Park reviews ★
- Primrose Park reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
🏫 Schools in Lockwood
- Lockwood High School
- Lockwood Intermediate
- Lockwood Middle School
- Lockwood Primary
Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateMontana
TypeCDP
Population (2024)—
Land area12.86 sq mi
Coordinates45.8305, -108.3971