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 |
none |
The park cannot actually be accessed, but only viewed from a distance.
|
Bannack State Park |
|
Beaverhead |
1,529
|
619 |
1954 |
Grasshopper Creek |
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 |
Pryor Creek |
|
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 |
Clark Fork River |
|
Elkhorn State Park |
|
Jefferson |
1
|
0.40 |
1980 |
none |
|
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 |
none |
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 |
Mill Creek |
|
Frenchtown Pond State Park |
|
Missoula |
41
|
17 |
1972 |
Frenchtown Pond |
|
Giant Springs State Park |
|
Cascade |
675
|
273 |
1972 |
Missouri River and Roe River |
|
Granite Ghost Town State Park |
|
Granite |
1
|
0.40 |
1975 |
none |
Abandoned 1890s silver boomtown.
|
Greycliff Prairie Dog Town State Park |
|
Sweet Grass |
98
|
40 |
1974 |
none |
|
Hell Creek State Park |
|
Garfield |
337
|
136 |
1966 |
Fort Peck Lake |
|
Lake Elmo State Park |
|
Yellowstone |
183
|
74 |
1983 |
Lake Elmo |
|
Lake Mary Ronan State Park |
|
Lake |
120
|
49 |
1967 |
Flathead Lake |
|
Les Mason State Park |
|
Flathead |
8
|
3.2 |
1983 |
Whitefish Lake |
|
Lewis and Clark Caverns State Park |
|
Jefferson |
2,920
|
1,180 |
1935 |
none |
|
Logan State Park |
|
Lincoln |
18
|
7.3 |
1967 |
Middle Thompson Lake |
|
Lone Pine State Park |
|
Flathead |
251
|
102 |
1941 |
none |
|
Lost Creek State Park |
|
Deer Lodge |
502
|
203 |
1957 |
Lost Creek |
|
Milltown State Park |
|
Missoula |
635
|
257 |
2012 |
Clark Fork and Blackfoot rivers |
|
Madison Buffalo Jump State Park |
|
Gallatin |
638
|
258 |
1966 |
none |
|
Makoshika State Park |
|
Dawson |
11,634
|
4,708 |
1953 |
none |
|
Marias River State Park |
|
Toole |
2,011
|
814 |
2009[2] |
Marias River |
|
Medicine Rocks State Park |
|
Carter |
330
|
130 |
1957 |
none |
|
Missouri Headwaters State Park |
|
Gallatin |
532
|
215 |
1947 |
Jefferson, Madison, and Gallatin rivers |
|
North Shore State Park |
|
Flathead |
160
|
65 |
n/a |
Flathead Lake |
|
Painted Rocks State Park |
|
Ravalli |
23
|
9.3 |
1963 |
Painted Rocks Reservoir, Bitterroot River |
|
Pictograph Cave State Park |
|
Yellowstone |
93
|
38 |
1969 |
none |
|
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 |
none |
|
Salmon Lake State Park |
|
Missoula |
42
|
17 |
1977 |
Salmon Lake, Clearwater River |
|
Sluice Boxes State Park |
|
Cascade |
1,451
|
587 |
1974 |
Belt Creek |
|
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.
|
Somers Beach State Park |
|
Flathead |
106
|
43 |
2021 |
Flathead Lake |
|
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 |
Near Missouri River |
|
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
|