List of Montana state parks
Current parks
Table:
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

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