List of Montana state parks

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

Montana State Parks (Hover mouse over pog to popup clickable link)

Current parks
Name Image County Size Estab-
lished[1]		 Lake / river Remarks
acres ha
Ackley Lake State ParkJudith Basin2901201940Ackley Lake
Anaconda Smelter Stack State ParkDeer Lodge124.91986noneThe park cannot actually be accessed, but only viewed from a distance.
Bannack State ParkBeaverhead1,5296191954Grasshopper CreekThe well-preserved ghost town of a one-time territorial capital.
Beaverhead Rock State ParkMadison71291975Beaverhead River
Beavertail Hill State ParkMissoula65261968Clark Fork
Big Arm State ParkLake217881966Flathead LakeUnit of Flathead Lake State Park
Black Sandy State ParkLewis and Clark43171980Hauser Reservoir
Brush Lake State ParkSheridan4501802004Brush LakeThere are no fish in this lake due to the mineral makeup of the water.
Chief Plenty Coups State ParkBig Horn195791961Pryor Creek
Clark's Lookout State ParkBeaverhead72.81985Beaverhead River
Cooney State ParkCarbon3091251970Cooney Reservoir
Council Grove State ParkMissoula187761978Clark Fork River
Elkhorn State ParkJefferson10.401980none
Finley Point State ParkLake28111965Flathead LakeUnit of Flathead Lake State Park
First Peoples Buffalo Jump State ParkCascade1,4815991972noneFormerly Ulm Pishkun State Park
Fish Creek State ParkMineral6,2002,5002010Fish Creek
Fort Owen State ParkRavalli20.811956Mill Creek
Frenchtown Pond State ParkMissoula41171972Frenchtown Pond
Giant Springs State ParkCascade6752731972Missouri River and Roe River
Granite Ghost Town State ParkGranite10.401975noneAbandoned 1890s silver boomtown.
Greycliff Prairie Dog Town State ParkSweet Grass98401974none
Hell Creek State ParkGarfield3371361966Fort Peck Lake
Lake Elmo State ParkYellowstone183741983Lake Elmo
Lake Mary Ronan State ParkLake120491967Flathead Lake
Les Mason State ParkFlathead83.21983Whitefish Lake
Lewis and Clark Caverns State ParkJefferson2,9201,1801935none
Logan State ParkLincoln187.31967Middle Thompson Lake
Lone Pine State ParkFlathead2511021941none
Lost Creek State ParkDeer Lodge5022031957Lost Creek
Milltown State ParkMissoula6352572012Clark Fork and Blackfoot rivers
Madison Buffalo Jump State ParkGallatin6382581966none
Makoshika State ParkDawson11,6344,7081953none
Marias River State ParkToole2,0118142009[2]Marias River
Medicine Rocks State ParkCarter3301301957none
Missouri Headwaters State ParkGallatin5322151947Jefferson, Madison, and Gallatin rivers
North Shore State ParkFlathead16065n/aFlathead Lake
Painted Rocks State ParkRavalli239.31963Painted Rocks Reservoir, Bitterroot River
Pictograph Cave State ParkYellowstone93381969none
Pirogue Island State ParkCuster210851982Yellowstone River
Placid Lake State ParkPowell31131977Placid Lake
Rosebud Battlefield State ParkBig Horn3,0521,2351978none
Salmon Lake State ParkMissoula42171977Salmon Lake, Clearwater River
Sluice Boxes State ParkCascade1,4515871974Belt Creek
Smith River State ParkMeagher10.401960Smith River59-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 ParkFlathead106432021Flathead Lake
Spring Meadow Lake State ParkLewis and Clark61251981Spring Meadow Lake
Thompson Falls State ParkSanders36151960Clark Fork, Noxon Rapids Reservoir
Tongue River Reservoir State ParkBig Horn6422601983Tongue River Reservoir
Tower Rock State ParkCascade140572004Near Missouri River
Travelers' Rest State ParkMissoula41172001Lolo Creek
Wayfarers State ParkLake67271969Flathead LakeUnit of Flathead Lake State Park
West Shore State ParkLake129521955Flathead LakeUnit of Flathead Lake State Park
Whitefish Lake State ParkFlathead104.01960Whitefish Lake
Wild Horse Island State ParkLake2,1648761977Flathead LakeUnit of Flathead Lake State Park
Yellow Bay State ParkLake156.11941Flathead 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.
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