Anaconda, Deer Lodge County, Montana 59711 West of the continental divide  and located just six miles from Interstate 90 and 15 miles from the area where Interstate 15 (north-south) intersects Interstate 90 (east-west). in the Clark Fork River Valley is Anaconda, Montana ninth largest city in Montana. Anaconda is where much of the copper ore from "the Richest Hill on Earth" was refined. A tall smoke stack from one of the smelters still dominates the landscape as you approach Anaconda from the East.

The US Census of 2000 reports there over  9,400 residents. Anaconda covers an area of three square miles and is 5,335 feet above sea level.  The surrounding country is mostly densely timbered forest lands, lakes and mountains. The county has common borders with Beaverhead, Butte-Silver Bow, Granite, Jefferson and Powell counties.

Now tourism and health care are becoming primary employers for Butte workers. A recent incursion of investors and a Jack Nicklas 18 hole golf course inside the city limits has revitalized the economy of the area. The golf course in the summer and just 23 miles west on the historic Pintlar Scenic Route is Discovery Ski Area.