Fish Creek State Park

Park in Montana, USA

46°59′24″N 114°42′57″W / 46.99000°N 114.71583°W / 46.99000; -114.71583Area5,603 acres (2,267 ha)^[1]Max. elevation5,456 feet (1,663 m)^[2]Min. elevation2,789 feet (850 m)^[3]DesignationMontana state parkEstablished2010AdministratorMontana Fish, Wildlife & ParksWebsiteFish Creek State Park

Fish Creek State Park is a public recreation area covering 5,603 acres (2,267 ha) twelve miles west of Alberton, Montana.^[1] The state park is the second largest in Montana^[4] after Makoshika State Park and is home to Montana's largest ponderosa pine.^[5]^[6]

History

The state acquired the park site from The Nature Conservancy in 2010. The property had been part of the 310,000 acres The Nature Conservancy and The Trust for Public Land purchased in 2008 from Plum Creek Timber as part of the Montana Legacy Project through which the company divested a large portion of its holdings for purposes of conservation and use by the public.^[7]

Activities and amenities

The park offers hiking, picnicking, fishing, and mountain biking.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Fish Creek State Park". Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
^ "Williams Peak Lookout". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ "Rock Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ Chaney, Rob (February 26, 2014). "Fish Creek State Park plan to be refined after concern from public". Missoulian. Missoula, Montana. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
^ Briggeman, Kim (November 13, 2008). "Standing tall: Plan in works to stabilize third-largest ponderosa in U.S." Missoulian. Missoula, Montana. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
^ Erickson, Jeff (March 1, 2011). "Under the sheltering pine". Big Sky Journal. Bozeman, Montana. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
^ "Fish Creek State Park Draft Management Plan". Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks. December 2013. p. 13. Retrieved June 24, 2020.

External links

Fish Creek State Park Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks

Protected areas of Montana

Federal

National parks	Glacier Yellowstone
National monuments	Little Bighorn Battlefield Pompeys Pillar (BLM) Upper Missouri River Breaks (BLM)
National battlefield	Big Hole
National historical parks and historic sites	Grant–Kohrs Ranch NHS Nez Perce NHP
National historic and scenic trails	Lewis and Clark NHT Nez Perce NHT Continental Divide NST Pacific Northwest NST
National recreation area	Bighorn Canyon
National Wildlife Refuges	Benton Lake Black Coulee Bowdoin Charles M. Russell Creedman Coulee Grass Lake Hailstone Hewitt Lake Lake Mason Lake Thibadeau Lamesteer Lee Metcalf Lost Trail Medicine Lake Ninepipe Pablo Red Rock Lakes Swan River UL Bend War Horse
National Forests	Beaverhead–Deerlodge Bitterroot Custer Flathead Gallatin Helena Kootenai Lewis and Clark Lolo
National Wilderness	Absaroka–Beartooth Anaconda–Pintler Bear Trap Canyon Bob Marshall Cabinet Mountains Gates of the Mountains Great Bear Lee Metcalf Medicine Lake Mission Mountains Rattlesnake Red Rock Lakes Scapegoat Selway–Bitterroot UL Bend Welcome Creek
National wild and scenic rivers	East Rosebud Creek Flathead Missouri

State

State parks	Ackley Lake Anaconda Smoke Stack Bannack Beaverhead Rock Beavertail Hill Big Arm Black Sandy Brush Lake Chief Plenty Coups Clark's Lookout Cooney Council Grove Elkhorn Finley First Peoples Buffalo Jump Fort Owen Frenchtown Pond Giant Springs Granite Ghost Town Greycliff Prairie Dog Town Hell Creek Lake Elmo Lake Mary Ronan Lewis and Clark Caverns Logan Lone Pine Lost Creek Madison Buffalo Jump Makoshika Medicine Rocks Missouri Headwaters Painted Rocks Parker Homestead Pictograph Cave Pirogue Island Placid Lake Rosebud Battlefield Salmon Lake Sluice Boxes Smith River Somers Beach Spring Meadow Lake Thompson Falls Tongue River Reservoir Tower Rock Travelers' Rest Wayfarers West Shore Whitefish Lake Wild Horse Island Yellow Bay
State forests	Clearwater Coal Creek Lincoln Lubrecht Experimental Stillwater Sula Swan River Thompson River
Wildlife Management Areas	Amelia Island Aunt Molly Badlands Beartooth Beckman Big Lake Blackfoot-Clearwater Blackleaf Blue Eyed Nellie Bowdoin Buffalo Head Park Bull River Calf Creek Canyon Creek Canyon Ferry Dodson Creek Dodson Dam Dome Mountain Ear Mountain Elk Island F Island Flathead Lake Flathead River Fleecer Mountain Fox Lake Freezout Lake Fresno Reservoir Fresno Tailwater Gallatin Garrity Mountain Grant Marsh Gravelly-Blacktail Haymaker Hinsdale Horseshoe Lake Howard Valley Isaac Homestead Judith River Kootenai/Falls Kootenai/West Kootenai/Woods Ranch Lake Helena Lost Creek Lower Stillwater Lake Madison-Bear Creek Madison-Wall Creek Milk River Mount Haggin Mount Jumbo Mount Silcox Nevada Lake Ninepipe North Swan Valley CE Pablo Ray Kuhns Robb-Ledford Rookery Roundhom Sanders Seven Sisters Silver Gate Silver Run Smith River Sun River Swan Lake Thompson-Fisher CE Three Mile Threemile Vandalia War Dance Island Warm Springs