List of Montana state parks

Current parks
Name Image County Size Estab-
lished[1]		 Lake / river Remarks
acres ha
Ackley Lake State ParkJudith Basin290 1201940Ackley Lake
Anaconda Smelter Stack State Park
Deer Lodge12 4.91986noneThe park cannot actually be accessed, but only viewed from a distance.
Bannack State Park
Beaverhead1,529 6191954Grasshopper CreekThe well-preserved ghost town of a one-time territorial capital.
Beaverhead Rock State Park
Madison71 291975Beaverhead River
Beavertail Hill State Park
Missoula65 261968Clark Fork
Big Arm State ParkLake217 881966Flathead LakeUnit of Flathead Lake State Park
Black Sandy State ParkLewis and Clark43 171980Hauser Reservoir
Brush Lake State ParkSheridan450 1802004Brush LakeThere are no fish in this lake due to the mineral makeup of the water.
Chief Plenty Coups State Park
Big Horn195 791961Pryor Creek
Clark's Lookout State ParkBeaverhead7 2.81985Beaverhead River
Cooney State ParkCarbon309 1251970Cooney Reservoir
Council Grove State ParkMissoula187 761978Clark Fork River
Elkhorn State Park
Jefferson1 0.401980none
Finley Point State Park
Lake28 111965Flathead LakeUnit of Flathead Lake State Park
First Peoples Buffalo Jump State Park
Cascade1,481 5991972noneFormerly Ulm Pishkun State Park
Fish Creek State ParkMineral6,200 2,5002010Fish Creek
Fort Owen State Park
Ravalli2 0.811956Mill Creek
Frenchtown Pond State ParkMissoula41 171972Frenchtown Pond
Giant Springs State Park
Cascade675 2731972Missouri River and Roe River
Granite Ghost Town State Park
Granite1 0.401975noneAbandoned 1890s silver boomtown.
Greycliff Prairie Dog Town State Park
Sweet Grass98 401974none
Hell Creek State Park
Garfield337 1361966Fort Peck Lake
Lake Elmo State Park
Yellowstone183 741983Lake Elmo
Lake Mary Ronan State Park
Lake120 491967Flathead Lake
Les Mason State ParkFlathead8 3.21983Whitefish Lake
Lewis and Clark Caverns State Park
Jefferson2,920 1,1801935none
Logan State ParkLincoln18 7.31967Middle Thompson Lake
Lone Pine State ParkFlathead251 1021941none
Lost Creek State Park
Deer Lodge502 2031957Lost Creek
Milltown State Park Missoula 625 253 2012 Clark Fork and Blackfoot
Madison Buffalo Jump State Park
Gallatin638 2581966none
Makoshika State Park
Dawson11,634 4,7081953none
Marias River State ParkToole2,011 8142009[2]Marias River
Medicine Rocks State Park
Carter330 1301957none
Missouri Headwaters State Park
Gallatin532 2151947Jefferson, Madison, and Gallatin Rivers
North Shore State ParkFlathead160 65n/aFlathead Lake
Painted Rocks State ParkRavalli23 9.31963Painted Rocks Reservoir, Bitterroot River
Pictograph Cave State Park
Yellowstone93 381969none
Pirogue Island State ParkCuster210 851982Yellowstone River
Placid Lake State Park
Powell31 131977Placid Lake
Rosebud Battlefield State Park
Big Horn3,052 1,2351978none
Salmon Lake State Park Missoula42 171977Salmon Lake, Clearwater River
Sluice Boxes State Park
Cascade1,451 5871974Belt Creek
Smith River State Park
Meagher1 0.401960Smith River59-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 ParkLewis and Clark61 251981Spring Meadow Lake
Thompson Falls State Park
Sanders36 151960Clark Fork, Noxon Rapids Reservoir
Tongue River Reservoir State Park
Big Horn642 2601983Tongue River Reservoir
Tower Rock State Park
Cascade140 572004Near Missouri River
Travelers' Rest State Park
Missoula41 172001Lolo Creek
Wayfarers State ParkLake67 271969Flathead LakeUnit of Flathead Lake State Park
West Shore State ParkLake129 521955Flathead LakeUnit of Flathead Lake State Park
Whitefish Lake State Park
Flathead10 4.01960Whitefish Lake
Wild Horse Island State ParkLake2,164 8761977Flathead LakeUnit of Flathead Lake State Park
Yellow Bay State Park
Lake15 6.11941Flathead 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
  • List of U.S. national parks

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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