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The Bureau of Land Management Back Country Byways are roads that have been designated by the Bureau of Land Management as scenic byways. Some are also National Scenic Byways or National Forest Scenic Byways. The program was initiated in 1989 and 54 byways have since been designated in the Western United States. [1]
The Lee Metcalf Wilderness is located in the northern Rocky Mountains in the U.S. state of Montana.Created by an act of Congress in 1983, this rugged alpine wilderness is divided into four separated parcels typified by complex mountain topography: Bear Trap Canyon unit, Spanish Peaks unit, Taylor-Hilgard unit, and Monument Mountains unit.
The Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument is a national monument in the western United States, protecting the Missouri Breaks of north central Montana.Managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), it is a series of badland areas characterized by rock outcroppings, steep bluffs, and grassy plains; a topography referred to as "The Breaks" (as the land appears to "break away" to the river).
The Welcome Creek Wilderness is located in the U.S. state of Montana. Created by an act of Congress in 1978, the wilderness is within Lolo National Forest, and protects the northern portion of the Sapphire Mountains. U.S. Wilderness Areas do not allow motorized or mechanized vehicles, including bicycles.
A day use campground near the Gates of the Mountains, Meriwether Picnic site, is named in honor of Meriwether Lewis. Gates of the Mountains Wilderness (then known as the Gates of the Mountains Wild Area) was the site of the 1949 Mann Gulch fire , which claimed the lives of 13 firefighters and which was the subject of Norman Maclean 's book ...
Montana Axolotl Lakes 7,804 acres (31.58 km 2) January 1993 Montana Beaver Meadows 595 acres (2.41 km 2) NA Montana Bell/Limekiln Canyons 9,650 acres (39.1 km 2) January 1993 Montana Big Horn Tack-on 2,470 acres (10.0 km 2) January 1993 Montana Billy Creek 3,450 acres (14.0 km 2) January 1993 Montana Bitter Creek 59,660 acres (241.4 km 2)
Hell Creek Recreation Area is a public recreation area managed by the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana occupying 337 acres (136 ha) on the south side of Fort Peck Lake twenty miles (32 km) due north of the community of Jordan, Montana. [4]
The Gravelly Range, highest peak Black Butte, el. 10,542 feet (3,213 m), [1] is a mountain range southwest of Cameron, Montana in Madison County, Montana. About 310,000 acres total are roadless, separated by roads into nine units, the largest of which is 66,000 acres in size. [2] Nearly all the range is part of the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National ...