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Ravalli County is a county in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Montana.As of the 2020 census, the population was 44,174. [1] Its county seat is Hamilton. [2]Ravalli County is part of a north–south mountain valley bordered by the Sapphire Mountains on the East and the Bitterroot Mountains on the West.
Communities within the valley include: Lolo in Missoula County; and Florence, Stevensville, Victor, Corvallis, Hamilton, Darby, Conner, and Sula in Ravalli County. Hamilton, the largest town and the county seat of Ravalli County, is located at 46°14.8'N and 114°09.6'W at an elevation of 3,570 feet (1,090 m) with a population of 12,000.
Hamilton High School; The Bitterroot College Program of the University of Montana is located in Hamilton. [24] In May 2012, it was renamed Bitterroot College University of Montana. [25] [26] The Bitterroot Public Library serves the town of Hamilton. It was one of the 17 Carnegie libraries built in Montana. [27]
Stevensville (Salish: ɫq̓éɫmlš [3]) is a town in Ravalli County, Montana, United States.The population was 2,002 at the 2020 census. [4]Stevensville is officially recognized as the first permanent settlement of non-indigenous peoples in the state of Montana.
Conner is located at the confluence of the East and West Forks of the Bitterroot River. U.S. Route 93 passes just to the east of the CDP, leading north through the Bitterroot Valley 24 miles (39 km) to Hamilton, the county seat, and south over Lost Trail Pass 69 miles (111 km) to Salmon, Idaho.
Florence is located between the Sapphire and Bitterroot Mountains. The Bitterroot River is to the east. The Threemile Wildlife Management Area, about 15 miles (24 km) east, provides a winter range habitat for big game. [6] According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 0.77 square miles (2.0 km 2), all land. [7]
The Northern Bitterroot Range is the northernmost and shortest subrange of the Bitterroot Mountains. The Northern Bitterroots encompass 1,869 square miles (4,841 km 2 ) and its two tallest peaks are the 7,930 foot (2,417 m) Rhodes Peak and the 7,770 foot (2,368 m) Quartz Benchmark .
The Bitterroot Range is a mountain range and a subrange of the Rocky Mountains that runs along the border of Montana and Idaho in the northwestern United States. The range spans an area of 24,223 square miles (62,740 km 2 ) and is named after the bitterroot ( Lewisia rediviva ), a small pink flower that is the state flower of Montana.