List of Montana state parks
This is a list of state parks and reserves in the Montana state park system, in the United States.
Current parks
Park Name |
Image |
County or Counties |
Area in acres (ha) |
Date founded |
Stream(s) and / or Lake(s) |
Remarks |
acres |
ha |
Ackley Lake State Park | | Judith Basin | 160 |
65 | | Ackley Lake | |
Anaconda Smelter Stack State Park | | Deer Lodge | 12 |
4.9 | 1986 | | The park cannot actually be accessed, but only viewed from a distance. |
Bannack State Park | | Beaverhead | 1,529 |
619 | 1954 | | The well-preserved ghost town of a one-time territorial capital. |
Beaverhead Rock State Park | | Madison | 71 |
29 | | Beaverhead River | |
Beavertail Hill State Park | | Missoula | 65 |
26 | | Clark Fork | |
Big Arm State Park | | Lake | 217 |
88 | | Flathead Lake | Unit of Flathead Lake State Park |
Black Sandy State Park | | Lewis and Clark | 43 |
17 | | Hauser Reservoir | |
Brush Lake State Park | | Sheridan | 450 |
180 | | Brush Lake | There are no fish in this lake due to the mineral makeup of the water. |
Chief Plenty Coups State Park | | Big Horn | 195 |
79 | 1965 | | |
Clark's Lookout State Park | | Beaverhead | 7 |
2.8 | 1985 | Beaverhead River | |
Cooney State Park | | Carbon | 309 |
125 | 1969 | Cooney Reservoir | |
Council Grove State Park | | Missoula | 187 |
76 | | | |
Elkhorn State Park | | Jefferson | 1 |
0.40 | | | |
Finley Point State Park | | Lake | 28 |
11 | | Flathead Lake | Unit of Flathead Lake State Park |
First Peoples Buffalo Jump State Park | | Cascade | 1,481 |
599 | 1972 | | Formerly Ulm Pishkun State Park |
Fish Creek State Park | | Mineral | 6,200 |
2,500 | 2010 | Fish Creek | |
Fort Owen State Park | | Ravalli | 2 |
0.81 | | | |
Frenchtown Pond State Park | | Missoula | 41 |
17 | 1972 | Frenchtown Pond | |
Giant Springs State Park | | Cascade | 675 |
273 | 1972 | | |
Granite Ghost Town State Park | | Granite | 1 |
0.40 | | | Abandoned 1890s silver boomtown. |
Greycliff Prairie Dog Town State Park | | Sweet Grass | 98 |
40 | | | |
Hell Creek State Park | | Garfield | 337 |
136 | | Fort Peck Lake | |
Lake Elmo State Park | | Yellowstone | 183 |
74 | | | |
Lake Mary Ronan State Park | | Lake | 120 |
49 | | Flathead Lake | |
Les Mason State Park | | Flathead | 8 |
3.2 | | | |
Lewis and Clark Caverns State Park | | Jefferson | 2,920 |
1,180 | 1937 | | |
Logan State Park | | Lincoln | 18 |
7.3 | | Middle Thompson Lake | |
Lone Pine State Park | | Flathead | 251 |
102 | 1947 | | |
Lost Creek State Park | | Deer Lodge | 502 |
203 | | Lost Creek | |
Madison Buffalo Jump State Park | | Gallatin | 638 |
258 | | | |
Makoshika State Park | | Dawson | 11,634 |
4,708 | 1953 | | |
Marias River State Park | | Toole | 2,011 |
814 | | | |
Medicine Rocks State Park | | Carter | 330 |
130 | | | |
Missouri Headwaters State Park | | Gallatin | 532 |
215 | | Jefferson, Madison, and Gallatin Rivers | |
North Shore State Park | | Flathead | 160 |
65 | | | |
Painted Rocks State Park | | Ravalli | 23 |
9.3 | | Painted Rocks Reservoir, Bitterroot River | |
Pictograph Cave State Park | | Yellowstone | 93 |
38 | 1969 | | |
Pirogue Island State Park | | Custer | 210 |
85 | | Yellowstone River | |
Placid Lake State Park | | Powell | 31 |
13 | | Placid Lake | |
Rosebud Battlefield State Park | | Big Horn | 3,052 |
1,235 | 1978 | | |
Salmon Lake State Park | | Missoula | 42 |
17 | | Salmon Lake, Clearwater River | |
Sluice Boxes State Park | | Cascade | 1,451 |
587 | | | |
Smith River State Park | | Meagher | 1 |
0.40 | 1960 | 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. |
Spring Meadow Lake State Park | | Lewis and Clark | 61 |
25 | | Spring Meadow Lake | |
Thompson Falls State Park | | Sanders | 36 |
15 | | Clark Fork, Noxon Rapids Reservoir | |
Tongue River Reservoir State Park | | Big Horn | 642 |
260 | | Tongue River Reservoir | |
Tower Rock State Park | | Cascade | 140 |
57 | | | |
Travelers' Rest State Park | | Missoula | 41 |
17 | 2001 | Lolo Creek | |
Wayfarers State Park | | Lake | 67 |
27 | | Flathead Lake | Unit of Flathead Lake State Park |
West Shore State Park | | Lake | 129 |
52 | | Flathead Lake | Unit of Flathead Lake State Park |
Whitefish Lake State Park | | Flathead | 10 |
4.0 | | Whitefish Lake | |
Wild Horse Island State Park | | Lake | 2,164 |
876 | | Flathead Lake | Unit of Flathead Lake State Park |
Yellow Bay State Park | | Lake | 15 |
6.1 | | Flathead Lake, Yellow Bay Creek | Unit of Flathead Lake State Park |
Parker Homestead State Park in Jefferson County reverted to private ownership in 2010.
See also
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State | | |
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| State Forests |
- Clearwater
- Coal Creek
- Lincoln
- Lubrecht Experimental Forest
- Stillwater
- Sula
- Swan River
- Thompson River
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| 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
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