List of Montana state parks explained

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

Current parks

NameImageCountySizeEstab-
lished
Lake / riverRemarks
acresha
290disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1940 Ackley Lake
12disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1986 none The park cannot actually be accessed, but only viewed from a distance.
1529disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1954 Grasshopper Creek The well-preserved ghost town of a one-time territorial capital.
71disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1975
65disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1968
217disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1966 Unit of Flathead Lake State Park
43disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1980
450disp=tableNaNdisp=table 2004 Brush Lake There are no fish in this lake due to the mineral makeup of the water.
195disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1961 Pryor Creek
7disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1985
309disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1970
187disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1978 Clark Fork River
1disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1980 none
28disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1965 Unit of Flathead Lake State Park
1481disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1972 none Formerly Ulm Pishkun State Park
6200disp=tableNaNdisp=table 2010 Fish Creek
2disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1956 Mill Creek
41disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1972 Frenchtown Pond
675disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1972 Missouri River and Roe River
1disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1975 none Abandoned 1890s silver boomtown.
98disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1974 none
337disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1966
183disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1983 Lake Elmo
120disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1967
8disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1983 Whitefish Lake
2920disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1935 none
18disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1967 Middle Thompson Lake
251disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1941 none
502disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1957 Lost Creek
635disp=tableNaNdisp=table 2012 Clark Fork and Blackfoot rivers
638disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1966 none
Dawson11634disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1953 none
2011disp=tableNaNdisp=table 2009
330disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1957 none
532disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1947 Jefferson, Madison, and Gallatin rivers
160disp=tableNaNdisp=table n/a Flathead Lake
23disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1963
93disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1969 none
210disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1982
31disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1977 Placid Lake
3052disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1978 none
42disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1977 Salmon Lake, Clearwater River
1451disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1974 Belt Creek
1disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1960 59miles segment of the river with only one public put-in and one public take-out for the entire stretch.
106disp=tableNaNdisp=table 2021 Flathead Lake
61disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1981 Spring Meadow Lake
36disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1960 Clark Fork, Noxon Rapids Reservoir
642disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1983 Tongue River Reservoir
140disp=tableNaNdisp=table 2004 Near Missouri River
41disp=tableNaNdisp=table 2001 Lolo Creek
67disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1969 Unit of Flathead Lake State Park
129disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1955 Unit of Flathead Lake State Park
10disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1960 Whitefish Lake
2164disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1977 Unit of Flathead Lake State Park
15disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1941 Flathead Lake, Yellow Bay Creek Unit of Flathead Lake State Park

Former state parks

Parker Homestead State Park in Jefferson County reverted to private ownership in 2010.

See also

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