List of Montana state parks

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This is a list of state parks and reserves in the Montana state park system, in the United States.

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Current parks

NameImageCountySizeEstab-
lished [1]
Lake / riverRemarks
acresha
Ackley Lake State Park Judith Basin 2901201940Ackley Lake
Anaconda Smelter Stack State Park
Anaconda Stack.jpg
Deer Lodge 124.91986noneThe park cannot actually be accessed, but only viewed from a distance.
Bannack State Park
Abandoned hotel, Bannack MT 2007.jpg
Beaverhead 1,5296191954Grasshopper CreekThe well-preserved ghost town of a one-time territorial capital.
Beaverhead Rock State Park
"The overland stage road between Ogden and Helena crossing the Beaver Head River at Point of Rocks ... by means of a pla - NARA - 520085.tif
Madison 71291975 Beaverhead River
Beavertail Hill State Park
BeavertailHillStateParkview.JPG
Missoula 65261968 Clark Fork
Big Arm State Park Lake 217881966 Flathead Lake Unit of Flathead Lake State Park
Black Sandy State Park Lewis and Clark 43171980 Hauser Reservoir
Brush Lake State Park Sheridan 4501802004Brush LakeThere are no fish in this lake due to the mineral makeup of the water.
Chief Plenty Coups State Park
Plenty Coups Home NPS (1997).jpg
Big Horn 195791961Pryor Creek
Clark's Lookout State Park Beaverhead 72.81985 Beaverhead River
Cooney State Park Carbon 3091251970 Cooney Reservoir
Council Grove State Park Missoula 187761978Clark Fork River
Elkhorn State Park
Fraternity Hall 29.jpg
Jefferson 10.401980none
Finley Point State Park
View of Flathead Lake (14540687703).jpg
Lake 28111965 Flathead Lake Unit of Flathead Lake State Park
First Peoples Buffalo Jump State Park
FIrst People's Buffalo Jump.jpg
Cascade 1,4815991972noneFormerly Ulm Pishkun State Park
Fish Creek State Park Mineral 6,2002,5002010Fish Creek
Fort Owen State Park
Npnht-bitteroot-stevensville-montana-fort-owen-state-park-april-17-2012-rogermpeterson-001 (7166419607).jpg
Ravalli 20.811956Mill Creek
Frenchtown Pond State Park Missoula 41171972Frenchtown Pond
Giant Springs State Park
Giant Springs03.JPG
Cascade 6752731972Missouri River and Roe River
Granite Ghost Town State Park
Granite1895.jpg
Granite 10.401975noneAbandoned 1890s silver boomtown.
Greycliff Prairie Dog Town State Park
Greycliff Prairie Dog Town State Park (9277701198).jpg
Sweet Grass 98401974none
Hell Creek State Park
Hell Creek State Park.jpg
Garfield 3371361966 Fort Peck Lake
Lake Elmo State Park
BIllings, Montana Lake Elmo.JPG
Yellowstone 183741983Lake Elmo
Lake Mary Ronan State Park
Lake Mary Ronan.jpg
Lake 120491967 Flathead Lake
Les Mason State Park Flathead 83.21983Whitefish Lake
Lewis and Clark Caverns State Park
From the mouth of the Lewis and Clark Caverns.jpg
Jefferson 2,9201,1801935none
Logan State Park Lincoln 187.31967Middle Thompson Lake
Lone Pine State Park Flathead 2511021941none
Lost Creek State Park
LostCreekStateParkMontana.JPG
Deer Lodge 5022031957Lost Creek
Milltown State Park Missoula 6352572012 Clark Fork and Blackfoot rivers
Madison Buffalo Jump State Park
Madison Buffalo Jump, Logan, Montana.jpg
Gallatin 6382581966none
Makoshika State Park
Makoshika view.jpg
Dawson 11,6344,7081953none
Marias River State Park Toole 2,0118142009 [2] Marias River
Medicine Rocks State Park
Medicine Rocks State Park.jpg
Carter 3301301957none
Missouri Headwaters State Park
MadisionJeffersonConfluence.jpg
Gallatin 5322151947 Jefferson, Madison, and Gallatin rivers
North Shore State Park Flathead 16065n/aFlathead Lake
Painted Rocks State Park Ravalli 239.31963Painted Rocks Reservoir, Bitterroot River
Pictograph Cave State Park
PcaveRockFormations.JPG
Yellowstone 93381969none
Pirogue Island State Park Custer 210851982 Yellowstone River
Placid Lake State Park
Placid Lake.jpg
Powell 31131977Placid Lake
Rosebud Battlefield State Park
RosebudBattlefield4.jpg
Big Horn 3,0521,2351978none
Salmon Lake State Park Missoula 42171977Salmon Lake, Clearwater River
Sluice Boxes State Park
Sluice Boxes State Park.jpg
Cascade 1,4515871974Belt Creek
Smith River State Park
Rafting the Smith River (14225179534).jpg
Meagher 10.401960 Smith River 59-mile (95 km) segment of the river with only one public put-in and one public take-out for the entire stretch.
Somers Beach State Park Flathead 106432021Flathead Lake
Spring Meadow Lake State Park Lewis and Clark 61251981Spring Meadow Lake
Thompson Falls State Park
ClarkForkRiveratThompsonFallsStatePark.JPG
Sanders 36151960 Clark Fork, Noxon Rapids Reservoir
Tongue River Reservoir State Park
TongueRiverReservoir.jpg
Big Horn 6422601983Tongue River Reservoir
Tower Rock State Park
Tower Rock and State Park 01.jpg
Cascade 140572004Near Missouri River
Travelers' Rest State Park
Traveler's Rest State Park view of mountains 2 20121228.JPG
Missoula 41172001Lolo Creek
Wayfarers State Park Lake 67271969 Flathead Lake Unit of Flathead Lake State Park
West Shore State Park Lake 129521955 Flathead Lake Unit of Flathead Lake State Park
Whitefish Lake State Park
Whitefish Lake State Park Montana.JPG
Flathead 104.01960Whitefish Lake
Wild Horse Island State Park Lake 2,1648761977 Flathead Lake Unit of Flathead Lake State Park
Yellow Bay State Park
Yellow Bay IMG 6260.jpg
Lake 156.11941 Flathead Lake, Yellow Bay CreekUnit of Flathead Lake State Park

Former state parks

Parker Homestead State Park in Jefferson County reverted to private ownership in 2010.

See also

References

  1. Dates taken from "Park Origin by Date". Montana State Parks. 2014. Retrieved June 14, 2018., unless otherwise noted.
  2. "Marias River State Park Wildlife Management Area". Montana Office of Tourism. Retrieved June 14, 2018.