Every spring nearly 10,000 white pelicans with a wingspan of nine feet migrate from the Gulf of Mexico to Medicine Lake in northeastern Montana. The state's official animal is the grizzly bear. Montana's name comes from the Spanish word mountain. The elk, deer and antelope populations outnumber the humans. Glacier National Park has 250 lakes within its boundaries.
Hill County has the largest county park in the United States.
Beaver Creek Park measures 10 miles long and 1 mile wide. Competing with the D River in Lincoln City, Oregon for the title of the world's shortest river, the Roe River flows near Great Falls. Both river's lengths vary from 58 feet to 200 feet. The source for this small river is Giant Springs, the largest freshwater spring in the United States.