Name |
Image |
County |
Size |
Estab- lished[1] |
Lake / river |
Remarks |
acres |
ha |
Ackley Lake State Park | | Judith Basin | 290 |
120 | 1940 | 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 | 1975 | Beaverhead River | |
Beavertail Hill State Park | | Missoula | 65 |
26 | 1968 | Clark Fork | |
Big Arm State Park | | Lake | 217 |
88 | 1966 | Flathead Lake | Unit of Flathead Lake State Park |
Black Sandy State Park | | Lewis and Clark | 43 |
17 | 1980 | Hauser Reservoir | |
Brush Lake State Park | | Sheridan | 450 |
180 | 2004 | 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 | 1961 | | |
Clark's Lookout State Park | | Beaverhead | 7 |
2.8 | 1985 | Beaverhead River | |
Cooney State Park | | Carbon | 309 |
125 | 1970 | Cooney Reservoir | |
Council Grove State Park | | Missoula | 187 |
76 | 1978 | | |
Elkhorn State Park | | Jefferson | 1 |
0.40 | 1980 | | |
Finley Point State Park | | Lake | 28 |
11 | 1965 | 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 | 1956 | | |
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 | 1975 | | Abandoned 1890s silver boomtown. |
Greycliff Prairie Dog Town State Park | | Sweet Grass | 98 |
40 | 1974 | | |
Hell Creek State Park | | Garfield | 337 |
136 | 1966 | Fort Peck Lake | |
Lake Elmo State Park | | Yellowstone | 183 |
74 | 1983 | | |
Lake Mary Ronan State Park | | Lake | 120 |
49 | 1967 | Flathead Lake | |
Les Mason State Park | | Flathead | 8 |
3.2 | 1983 | | |
Lewis and Clark Caverns State Park | | Jefferson | 2,920 |
1,180 | 1935 | | |
Logan State Park | | Lincoln | 18 |
7.3 | 1967 | Middle Thompson Lake | |
Lone Pine State Park | | Flathead | 251 |
102 | 1941 | | |
Lost Creek State Park | | Deer Lodge | 502 |
203 | 1957 | Lost Creek | |
Madison Buffalo Jump State Park | | Gallatin | 638 |
258 | 1966 | | |
Makoshika State Park | | Dawson | 11,634 |
4,708 | 1953 | | |
Marias River State Park | | Toole | 2,011 |
814 | 2009[2] | Marias River | |
Medicine Rocks State Park | | Carter | 330 |
130 | 1957 | | |
Missouri Headwaters State Park | | Gallatin | 532 |
215 | 1947 | Jefferson, Madison, and Gallatin Rivers | |
North Shore State Park | | Flathead | 160 |
65 | | | |
Painted Rocks State Park | | Ravalli | 23 |
9.3 | 1963 | Painted Rocks Reservoir, Bitterroot River | |
Pictograph Cave State Park | | Yellowstone | 93 |
38 | 1969 | | |
Pirogue Island State Park | | Custer | 210 |
85 | 1982 | Yellowstone River | |
Placid Lake State Park | | Powell | 31 |
13 | 1977 | Placid Lake | |
Rosebud Battlefield State Park | | Big Horn | 3,052 |
1,235 | 1978 | | |
Salmon Lake State Park | | Missoula | 42 |
17 | 1977 | Salmon Lake, Clearwater River | |
Sluice Boxes State Park | | Cascade | 1,451 |
587 | 1974 | | |
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 | 1981 | Spring Meadow Lake | |
Thompson Falls State Park | | Sanders | 36 |
15 | 1960 | Clark Fork, Noxon Rapids Reservoir | |
Tongue River Reservoir State Park | | Big Horn | 642 |
260 | 1983 | Tongue River Reservoir | |
Tower Rock State Park | | Cascade | 140 |
57 | 2004 | | |
Travelers' Rest State Park | | Missoula | 41 |
17 | 2001 | Lolo Creek | |
Wayfarers State Park | | Lake | 67 |
27 | 1969 | Flathead Lake | Unit of Flathead Lake State Park |
West Shore State Park | | Lake | 129 |
52 | 1955 | Flathead Lake | Unit of Flathead Lake State Park |
Whitefish Lake State Park | | Flathead | 10 |
4.0 | 1960 | Whitefish Lake | |
Wild Horse Island State Park | | Lake | 2,164 |
876 | 1977 | Flathead Lake | Unit of Flathead Lake State Park |
Yellow Bay State Park | | Lake | 15 |
6.1 | 1941 | Flathead Lake, Yellow Bay Creek | Unit of Flathead Lake State Park |