Coal Creek State Forest

Last updated February 23, 2026

Coal Creek State Forest
Coal Creek Forest
Location within Montana Show map of Montana Coal Creek State Forest (the United States) Show map of the United States
Location	Flathead County, Montana
Nearest city	Columbia Falls, Montana
Area	14,994 acres (60.68 km²)
Established	1925
Governing body	Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation

Coal Creek State Forest is a state forest located in Montana. The forest has an area of approximately 20,000 acres and is one of the seven state forests in Montana.^[1]^[2]

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The forest was designated as a state forest in 1925 through a law passed by the Montana Legislature.^[1]^[2]

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1 2 "Designation Of State Forests". Montana State Legislature. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
1 2 McLaughlin, R. P. (June 15, 1925). "Montana's State Forests". The Forest Patrolman. Vol. 6, no. 2. Retrieved May 11, 2020– via Google Books.

External links

U.S. Geological Survey Map at the U.S. Geological Survey Map Website. Retrieved December 8, 2022.

Protected areas of Montana

Federal

National Battlefields	Big Hole
National Fish Hatcheries	Bozeman
National Forests	Beaverhead–Deerlodge Bitterroot Custer Flathead Gallatin Helena Kootenai Lewis and Clark Lolo
National Historic Sites and Historical Parks	Grant–Kohrs Ranch Nez Perce
National Monuments	Little Bighorn Battlefield Pompeys Pillar Upper Missouri River Breaks
National Parks	Glacier Yellowstone
National Recreation Areas	Bighorn Canyon Rattlesnake
National Trails	Continental Divide Ice Age Floods Lewis and Clark Nez Perce Pacific Northwest
National Wild and Scenic Rivers	East Rosebud Creek Flathead
National Wildlife Refuges	Benton Lake Black Coulee Bowdoin Charles M. Russell Creedman Coulee Grass Lake Hailstone Hewitt Lake Lake Mason Lake Thibadeau Lamesteer Lee Metcalf Lost Trail Medicine Lake Ninepipe Pablo Red Rock Lakes Swan River UL Bend War Horse
Other	National Historic Landmarks National Natural Landmarks National Register of Historic Places Wilderness Areas

State

State parks	Ackley Lake Anaconda Smoke Stack Bannack Beaverhead Rock Beavertail Hill Big Arm Black Sandy Brush Lake Chief Plenty Coups Clark's Lookout Cooney Council Grove Elkhorn Finley Fish Creek First Peoples Buffalo Jump Fort Owen Frenchtown Pond Giant Springs Granite Ghost Town Greycliff Prairie Dog Town Hell Creek Lake Elmo Lake Mary Ronan Les Mason Lewis and Clark Caverns Logan Lone Pine Lost Creek Madison Buffalo Jump Makoshika Medicine Rocks Milltown Missouri Headwaters Painted Rocks Parker Homestead Pictograph Cave Pirogue Island Placid Lake Rosebud Battlefield Salmon Lake Sluice Boxes Smith River Somers Beach Spring Meadow Lake Thompson Falls Tongue River Reservoir Tower Rock Travelers' Rest Wayfarers West Shore Whitefish Lake Wild Horse Island Yellow Bay
State forests	Clearwater Coal Creek Lincoln Lubrecht Experimental Stillwater Sula Swan River Thompson River
Wildlife Management Areas	Amelia Island Aunt Molly Badlands Beartooth Beckman Big Lake Blackfoot-Clearwater Blackleaf Blue Eyed Nellie Bowdoin Buffalo Head Park Bull River Calf Creek Canyon Creek Canyon Ferry Dodson Creek Dodson Dam Dome Mountain Ear Mountain Elk Island F Island Flathead Lake Flathead River Fleecer Mountain Fox Lake Freezout Lake Fresno Reservoir Fresno Tailwater Gallatin Garrity Mountain Grant Marsh Gravelly-Blacktail Haymaker Hinsdale Horseshoe Lake Howard Valley Isaac Homestead Judith River Kootenai/Falls Kootenai/West Kootenai/Woods Ranch Lake Helena Lost Creek Lower Stillwater Lake Madison-Bear Creek Madison-Wall Creek Milk River Mount Haggin Mount Jumbo Mount Silcox Nevada Lake Ninepipe North Swan Valley CE Pablo Ray Kuhns Robb-Ledford Rookery Roundhom Sanders Seven Sisters Silver Gate Silver Run Smith River Sun River Swan Lake Thompson-Fisher CE Three Mile Threemile Vandalia War Dance Island Warm Springs

Other

Nonprofit	American Prairie
Tribal	CSKT Bison Range

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Coal Creek State Forest

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