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Missouri Headquarters State Park
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Open : All Year
Stay Limit : 7 days
Trailers/RV : Combined Length 35ft
Elevation : 4045 ft
Nearest Town : Three Forks
Size : 535.6 Acres
This park encompasses the confluence of the Jefferson, Madison and Gallatin
Rivers. Lewis and Clark anticipated this important headwaters all the way up the
Missouri River. An easy three-mile drive off Interstate 90 at Three Forks, this
undeveloped park provides outdoor interpretive signs, picnic spots, short hiking
trails, a small campground, and—just as the Corps of Discovery found—plenty of
mosquitoes!
For more information about Missouri Headwaters State Park, read Confluence of
Cultures, 2004 Montana Outdoors article.
Missouri Headwaters State Park is located on the Madison River at river mile 0.
Blackbird is the next access site up stream from Missouri Headwaters. Missouri
Headwaters is one of 15 FWP managed sites on the Madison River. The Madison
River is a tributary of the Missouri River.
Directions
4 miles northeast of Three Forks, off of Hwy 205, then onto Hwy 286. (Lat
45.924, Lng -111.498)
Contact Information
If you have questions or comments please send mail to; Missouri Headwaters, 1400
S. 19th St. Bozeman, MT 59715 or call (406) 994-4042. |
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