[5] Points of interest are the Bear Paw Battlefield Museum located in the small town's center and the Bear Paw Battlefield, located 20 miles (32 km) south of Chinook.

[8] Chinook is located on Lodge Creek, where it empties into the Milk River, which flows south of town.

[9] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.51 square miles (1.32 km2), all land.

[10] Chinook experiences a semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk) with long, cold, dry winters and hot, wetter summers.

Chinook's mascot, the Sugarbeeter, finished third in the voting and has since been the topic of multiple articles.

Chinook has been home to the Sugarbeeters ever since the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company, which had a factory in the town, helped purchase the jerseys for the boys' basketball team in 1929.

Ever since the team made their debut in the jerseys, which presented a Sugarbeet logo on the front, the nickname has been fully adopted.

[17] Chinook Public Schools serves students from kindergarten to 12th grade.

U.S. Route 2 travels through the northern part of town from east to west.

[24] Amtrak’s Empire Builder, which operates between Seattle/Portland and Chicago, passes through the town on BNSF tracks, but makes no stop.

The nearest station is located in Havre, 22 miles (35 km) to the west.