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Location: Cascade County, Montana, United States: Nearest city: Great Falls, Montana: Coordinates: 1]: Area: 1,481 acres (5.99 km 2): Elevation: 3,773 ft (1,150 m) [1]: Designation: Montana state park: Established: 1972 [2]: Named for: A buffalo jump and the First Peoples of Montana: Visitors: 34,195 (in 2023) [3]: Administrator: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks: Website: First Peoples Buffalo ...
The Dinosaur Trail opened in May 2005 and drew more than 196,000 visitors its first year. [4] Since its opening, the trail facilities have hosted between 236,000 and 302,000 visitors each year. [ 5 ] Promotion of the Trail includes a "Prehistoric Passport " on which visitors collect dinosaur icon stamps from each museum they visit. [ 2 ]
On Monday, Earth Day, about 25 people gathered at First People’s Buffalo Jump State Park for a guided sunset hike across one of the most important cultural sites in Montana.
The Purgatoire River track site, also called the Picketwire Canyonlands tracksite, is one of the largest dinosaur tracksites in North America. [1] The site is located on public land of the Comanche National Grassland , along the Purgatoire ("Picketwire") River south of La Junta in Otero County, Colorado .
Wyoming has dinosaur trackways from the Late Cretaceous, 65 ma. [18] (A model example of this 3-toed Wyoming trackway was made for presentation.) [19] Theropod and sauropod tracks under water in the Paluxy River. In the United States, dinosaur footprints and trackways are found in the Glen Rose Formation, the most famous of these being the ...
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 ...
Location: Gallatin County, Montana, United States: Nearest town: Logan, Montana: Coordinates: 1]: Area: 638 acres (258 ha) [2]: Elevation: 4,554 ft (1,388 m) [1]: Designation: Montana state park: Established: 1966 [3]: Named for: A buffalo jump in the Madison River valley: Visitors: 35,466 (in 2023) [4]: Administrator: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks: Website: Madison Buffalo Jump State Park ...
Makoshika State Park ("ma-KO-sh(ih)kuh" from the Lakota Mako sica, meaning 'bad land' or 'land that is bad') [2] is a nature preserve and public recreation area located on the southeast side of Glendive in Dawson County, Montana. The state park encompasses badlands containing dinosaur fossils and rock from the Hell Creek Formation. [2] It is ...