Montana: 54 state parks

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Ackley Lake State ParkA small lake under the Little Belt and Snowy Mountains, holding both rainbow trout and tiger muskie…
Anaconda Smoke Stack State ParkThe Anaconda Copper smelter's chimney, finished in 1919 and, at 585 feet, taller than almost any…
Bannack State ParkMontana's best-preserved ghost town, where gold was struck in July 1862 and the territory took its first…
Beaverhead Rock State ParkThe rock Sacagawea knew, recognising its shape in 1805 and telling the expedition it was nearing her Shoshone…
Beavertail Hill State ParkHalf a mile of Clark Fork River frontage under a thick cottonwood canopy, with a self-guided nature trail…
Big ArmFlathead Lake's western shore, looking across to Wild Horse Island with the Mission and Swan ranges behind…
Black Sandy State ParkOne of the few public shorelines on Hauser Reservoir, and a busy one — boats, water skis and anglers all…
Brush Lake State ParkA mile of deep, startlingly clear water ringed by grass and spring wheat, with a beach and a twelve-site…
Chief Plenty Coups State ParkThe log home, farmstead and sacred spring of Plenty Coups, who was twenty-eight when the Apsáalooke made him…
Clark's Lookout State ParkThe hill William Clark climbed on 13 August 1805 to read the country ahead, above a bend of the Beaverhead…
Cooney State ParkA reservoir forty minutes south of Billings and the busiest water in south-central Montana through the…
Council Grove State ParkOld-growth ponderosa along the Clark Fork, on the ground where the Hellgate Treaty was signed in 1855. The…
Elkhorn State ParkTwo buildings are all the state owns of this silver-mining ghost town, and they are the two worth the drive…
Finley PointA quiet corner of Flathead Lake's southeast shore in open ponderosa pine, twelve miles north of Polson…
First Peoples Buffalo JumpOne of the largest buffalo jumps in the country, with interpretive trails running out along the cliff and a…
Fish Creek State ParkWestern Montana's largest state park at over 5,600 acres, and part of a public block many times that size…
Fort Owen State ParkⱢq̓eɫml̓š — Wide Cottonwoods — has been Séliš homeland since time immemorial, and carries a run of Montana…
Frenchtown Pond State ParkAn eighteen-acre pond with mown lawns, a playground and picnic tables — an urban park that happens to sit in…
Giant Springs State ParkA spring that pushes 156 million gallons a day into the Missouri just outside Great Falls, and few freshwater…
Granite Ghost Town State ParkWhat is left of an 1890s silver boomtown that was, briefly, the richest silver mine on earth. The mine…
Greycliff Prairie Dog Town State ParkNinety-eight acres given over to a black-tailed prairie dog colony, protected jointly by the state, the…
Judith Landing State ParkUndeveloped land the state has not yet built anything on. There are no facilities here at all — come prepared…
Lake Elmo State ParkA sixty-four-acre reservoir inside the Billings city limits, circled by a 1.4-mile trail and fished from…
Lake Mary Ronan State ParkKokanee salmon, yellow perch and largemouth bass, in a boreal pocket of Douglas fir and western larch seven…
Les Mason State ParkFive hundred and eighty-five feet of sand and gravel shore on the east side of Whitefish Lake, shaded for…
Lewis & Clark Caverns State ParkMontana's first state park, and still its best known: one of the largest and most heavily decorated limestone…
Logan State ParkHeavy larch, fir and ponderosa along the top edge of Middle Thompson Lake, where a channel links the upper…
Lone Pine State ParkSeven and a half miles of trail five miles southwest of Kalispell, open to walkers, riders, bikes and…
Lost Creek State ParkGrey limestone and pink granite walls stand twelve hundred feet over a narrow canyon floor, with Lost Creek…
Madison Buffalo Jump State ParkA semicircular limestone cliff above the Madison valley, used as a pishkun for two thousand years and as…
Makoshika State ParkMontana's largest park, and its strangest: pine- and juniper-studded badlands whose name is a Lakota phrase…
Medicine Rocks State ParkSoft sandstone pillars weathered clean through, which a young Teddy Roosevelt called as fantastically…
Milltown State ParkThe Clark Fork and the Blackfoot meet again here, on 635 acres where a dam came out and the rivers were…
Missouri Headwaters State ParkThe Jefferson, Madison and Gallatin join here to start the Missouri on its 2,300 miles, which makes this a…
Painted Rocks State ParkA reservoir in the Bitterroots' West Fork valley, walled by granite and rhyolite cliffs whose green, yellow…
Pictograph Cave State ParkThree caves — Pictograph, Middle and Ghost — sheltered hunters for millennia, and more than a hundred rock…
Pirogue Island State ParkA cottonwood-covered island in the Yellowstone, reached on foot when the side channels are dry, with 2.8…
Placid Lake State ParkSmooth water on a Clearwater River tributary, known for trout and for family weekends. Forty campsites…
Rosebud Battlefield State ParkRolling prairie where Crook's thousand troops met Crazy Horse's warriors on 17 June 1876, eight days before…
Salmon Lake State ParkOne of the Clearwater chain's lakes, held between the Mission and Swan ranges. Rainbow, cutthroat, brown…
Sluice Boxes State ParkBelt Creek cuts a limestone canyon out of the Little Belt Mountains, under cliffs and ledges that are a…
Smith River State ParkFifty-nine miles of trout river with a single access point at either end, floated over several days by permit…
Somers Beach State ParkA hundred and six acres on Flathead Lake's northwest shore, bought by the state in 2021 and among Montana's…
Spring Meadow Lake State ParkA day-use lake at Helena's western edge, with a beach, shelters and a bookable pavilion. An easy .8-mile…
Thompson Chain Of Lakes State ParkRoughly three thousand acres strung twenty miles along Highway 2 between Kalispell and Libby, touching…
Thompson Falls State ParkMature mixed pine above the Clark Fork, with a family fishing pond, an accessible pier and a picnic shelter…
Tongue River Reservoir State ParkTwelve miles of reservoir among red shale and juniper canyons on the southeastern prairie, popular either…
Tower Rock State ParkA four-hundred-foot igneous tower on the Missouri that guided tribes, the Corps of Discovery and the fur…
Travelers' Rest State ParkThe Corps of Discovery camped here in September 1805 and again the next summer, and in 2002 archaeologists…
WayfarersRocky shore and low cliffs on Flathead Lake near Bigfork, with a local reputation for the best sunsets on the…
West ShoreGlacially carved dolomite on Flathead Lake's west side, 129 wooded acres looking across to the Swan and…
Whitefish Lake State ParkA beach and a wooded campground on the edge of town, plugged into the Whitefish trail system with the ski…
Wild Horse IslandThe largest island in Flathead Lake, reached only by boat, with old-growth ponderosa and trails across it…
Yellow BayA wide gravel beach and a creek mouth on Flathead Lake's east shore, fourteen miles south of Bigfork, in the…

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