List of National Natural Landmarks in Montana

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The following is a list of National Natural Landmarks in Montana . There are 10 in total.

NameImageDateLocationCountyOwnershipDescription
1 Bridger Fossil Area 1973 Carbon federal (Bureau of Land Management)Contains fossils of Deinonychus antirrhopus .
2 Bug Creek Fossil Area 1966 47°40′59″N106°13′09″W / 47.68299°N 106.219193°W / 47.68299; -106.219193 (Bug Creek Fossil Area) McCone federal (Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge)Produced abundant remains of small, Cretaceous mammals.
3 Capitol Rock 1976 45°35′45″N104°07′12″W / 45.59584°N 104.120134°W / 45.59584; -104.120134 (Capitol Rock) Carter federal (Custer National Forest)A remnant of the once continuous blanket of Tertiary deposits that covered much of the Great Plains.
4 Cloverly Formation Site Cloverly Fm.jpg 1973 Big Horn tribal land (Crow Nation)Contains early Cretaceous vertebrate fossils.
5 Glacial Lake Missoula Orillas fosiles del lago Missoula.jpg 1966 46°56′20″N114°08′37″W / 46.938889°N 114.143611°W / 46.938889; -114.143611 (Lake Missoula) Sanders privateContains the best examples of giant flood ripples in the North American continent.
6 Hell Creek Fossil Area Hell Creek.jpg 1966 46°09′N107°29′W / 46.15°N 107.48°W / 46.15; -107.48 (Hell Creek Fossil Area) Severalmixed- state, privateThe type locality for Tyrannosaurus rex, Ankylosaurus magniventris, and Brachychampsa fontana fossils.
7 Medicine Lake Site 1980 48°28′05″N104°22′54″W / 48.468056°N 104.381667°W / 48.468056; -104.381667 (Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge) Sheridan federal (Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge)An exceptional example of the processes of continental glaciation, including till, outwash, eskers, kames, and terrace deposits.
8 Middle Fork Canyon 1977 46°07′54″N111°06′35″W / 46.131701°N 111.109849°W / 46.131701; -111.109849 (Middle Fork Canyon) Gallatin federal (Bureau of Land Management)An outstanding example of a canyon cut across the grain of the geologic structure by a superposed stream.
9 Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge Upper Red Rock Lake and Centennial Mountains.jpg 1966 44°37′49″N111°46′53″W / 44.630278°N 111.781389°W / 44.630278; -111.781389 (Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge) Beaverhead federalA series of relatively undisturbed, high-altitude ecosystem types representative of pre-European settlement conditions.
10 Square Butte (mountain) Square Butte, MT (36185049786).jpg 1980 47°28′35″N110°14′31″W / 47.476499°N 110.241999°W / 47.476499; -110.241999 (Square Butte (mountain)) Chouteau federal (Bureau of Land Management)One of the best examples of banded magmatic rock in the United States.

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