List of hillside letters in Montana explained

See main article: List of hillside letters. This is a list of hillside letters (also known as mountain monograms) in the U.S. state of Montana.^[1] ^[2] ^[3] There are at least 86 hillside letters, acronyms, and messages in the state, possibly as many as 90. While western Montana provides plenty of mountains to support these monograms, many towns in the eastern prairie have also placed them on whatever hill they can find.

Monogram	Town	Description	Location
Fish		"Trout capital of the world"	45.6708°N -110.5641°W
A			45.5172°N -109.4376°W
A			46.9871°N -114.4716°W
A			46.1174°N -112.9706°W
A			47.1565°N -114.0949°W
A (built in 2002)			46.6041°N -112.5954°W
B			45.2389°N -112.6676°W
B			45.1453°N -109.019°W
B			45.7241°N -110.9825°W
B			45.2953°N -108.9283°W
B			45.4479°N -105.4107°W
C (no longer exists)			46.5704°N -112.0299°W
C (uncertain existence)			45.8973°N -104.5453°W
C			47.2815°N -111.7103°W
C		Anaconda High School	46.114°N -112.9512°W
C			47.4502°N -114.256°W
C			47.4255°N -105.5889°W
C (uncertain existence)			45.885°N -106.6331°W (uncertain location)
C			45.6521°N -109.2505°W
C			46.3359°N -114.0261°W
C			48.1502°N -104.5282°W
CMR		C.M. Russell High School	47.4929°N -111.3487°W
D			46.0248°N -114.1649°W
D (uncertain existence)			(uncertain location)
D			47.3124°N -109.9366°W
D			47.3314°N -114.3263°W
D			46.6701°N -113.1407°W
E			45.3505°N -111.7478°W
F			47.0541°N -109.423°W
F			48.1793°N -114.3816°W
F			46.2613°N -106.674°W
F	Foy Lake		48.1792°N -114.3817°W
F (no longer exists)			48.0601°N -106.0398°W (uncertain location)
F			47.0218°N -114.2212°W
F (uncertain existence)			45.3886°N -108.9209°W (uncertain location)
FB			47.8101°N -110.6626°W
G			45.038°N -110.7062°W
G			47.6057°N -110.287°W
G			47.2861°N -110.5089°W
G			48.2118°N -106.6395°W
G			46.3306°N -113.283°W
GR			47.027°N -108.8087°W
GF			47.5218°N -111.3353°W
H			46.2342°N -114.2315°W
H			46.4445°N -109.8154°W
H			48.5232°N -109.6386°W
H			48.5469°N -109.6873°W
H			46.5909°N -112.06°W
H (no longer exists)			46.8624°N -113.9966°W (uncertain location)
H			47.5801°N -110.7935°W
H			48.3778°N -107.0964°W
H			47.6263°N -114.651°W
H			46.2624°N -107.2249°W
J			45.3805°N -113.3982°W (uncertain location)
J			46.2448°N -112.1486°W
J			45.4808°N -108.9598°W
J			47.3151°N -106.8984°W
K			46.4006°N -108.5512°W
KG (uncertain existence)		Kremlin-Gildford High School (closed)	48.5698°N -110.3°W (uncertain location)
L			46.3114°N -108.9335°W
L (no longer exists)			(uncertain location)
L			48.3943°N -115.5087°W
L			44.6185°N -112.5784°W
L			48.8842°N -115.0561°W
L			46.8728°N -113.9685°W
M (uncertain existence)			48.3549°N -107.8701°W (uncertain location)
M			47.3007°N -114.1066°W
M			45.7144°N -110.9735°W
M		Montana Tech, built 1910	46.0191°N -112.5587°W
		University of Montana, built 1909	46.8594°N -113.9757°W
M			45.2209°N -112.6671°W
Montana State Prison	Deer Lodge	Montana State Prison	46.3944°N -112.7947°W
N			48.1382°N -106.3566°W
N			48.547°N -109.6866°W
P			45.6714°N -110.5624°W
P			47.4619°N -114.872°W
P			47.6798°N -114.1471°W
P			46.4222°N -112.7599°W
RL			45.1766°N -109.2425°W
R			48.8237°N -104.9505°W
R			45.7026°N -109.5424°W
R			45.3764°N -109.1864°W
R (no longer exists)			45.8023°N -108.5547°W (uncertain location)
R			46.273°N -106.4372°W
R (uncertain existence)			46.4381°N -108.5376°W (uncertain location)
R			47.3227°N -108.9527°W
R			46.3023°N -109.2568°W
S (no longer exists)			46.847°N -114.0099°W '
S			48.5195°N -111.8671°W
S			45.4514°N -112.1251°W
R (uncertain existence)			47.3064°N -115.1053°W (uncertain location)
S			47.1655°N -110.2724°W
S			47.1955°N -114.8791°W
T			46.8106°N -105.3153°W
T			45.8864°N -111.6501°W
TB			45.5653°N -112.3127°W
U			47.4387°N -111.4999°W
V			46.4396°N -114.1992°W
W			48.8664°N -104.0769°W
W			45.9103°N -112.0374°W
W (uncertain existence)			(uncertain location)
W			47.084°N -110.139°W
W			47.5651°N -109.3685°W
W			46.992°N -108.3458°W

External links

Mountain Monograms, a website explaining the origins and with an incomplete list and pictures
Hillside Letters, a companion website to a book on the subject
Letters on Hills, a category on waymarking.com for geocachers
Modern Geoglyphs, a compilation of geoglyphs in Montana with photos and maps

Notes and References

Book: Corning, Evelyn . Hillside Letters A to Z: A Guide to Hometown Landmarks . . 2007 . Missoula, Montana . 978-0-87842-533-4 . 79256698 . 8556565W.
Parsons . James J. . Hillside Letters in the Western United States . Landscape . 30 . 1 . 15–23 . Santa Fe, New Mexico . 1988 . 2015-08-16 . https://archive.today/20121208143643/http://www.deuceofclubs.com/mts/heres_why.htm . 2012-12-08 . live.
Rocha . Guy . Hillside Letters: In Plain Sight But Not Intended for Planes . Sierra Sage . June 2004 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150817034809/http://nsla.nv.gov/Archives/Myths/Hillside_Letters__In_Plain_Sight_but_Not_Intended_for_Planes/ . 2015-08-17 . live .