THE KICKING HORSE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Flathead Valley setting.
Kicking Horse CDP has 2.42 square miles of land in Lake County. Its Census reference point is in Flathead Valley, within Northern Rockies.
The Northern Rockies contain rugged ranges, glacial lakes and mixed conifer forests. Moist Pacific influences reach some inland valleys, producing forest communities unlike the drier mountain regions farther south.
Regional context: Northern Rockies ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Kicking Horse and Lake County
Kicking Horse is associated with Lake County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Kicking Horse by land and water
The Census records 1.14 square miles of water within Kicking Horse, or 32.1% of its total area. It is 22.2 percentage points higher than the 9.9% recorded for Lake County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Kicking Horse CDP has 1.6 times the land area of nearby Ronan city (1.55 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

