List of National Natural Landmarks in Montana

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There are National Natural Landmarks in Montana.

Hell Creek Fossil Area

Glacial Lake Missoula

Medicine Lake Site

Red Rock Lakes

Middle Fork Canyon

Bug Creek Fossil Area

Capitol Rock

Square Butte

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Montana National Natural Landmarks (clickable map)

Name	Date	Location	County	Ownership	Description
Bridger Fossil Area	1973		Carbon	federal (Bureau of Land Management)	Contains fossils of Deinonychus antirrhopus.
Bug Creek Fossil Area	1966	47°40′59″N 106°13′09″W / 47.68299°N 106.219193°W / 47.68299; -106.219193 (Bug Creek Fossil Area)	McCone	federal (Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge)	Produced abundant remains of small, Cretaceous mammals.
Capitol Rock	1976	45°35′45″N 104°07′12″W / 45.59584°N 104.120134°W / 45.59584; -104.120134 (Capitol Rock)	Carter	federal (Custer National Forest)	A remnant of the once continuous blanket of Tertiary deposits that covered much of the Great Plains.
Cloverly Formation Site	1973		Big Horn	tribal land (Crow Nation)	Contains early Cretaceous vertebrate fossils.
Glacial Lake Missoula	1966	46°56′20″N 114°08′37″W / 46.938889°N 114.143611°W / 46.938889; -114.143611 (Lake Missoula)	Sanders	private	Contains the best examples of giant flood ripples in the North American continent.
Hell Creek Fossil Area	1966	46°09′N 107°29′W / 46.15°N 107.48°W / 46.15; -107.48 (Hell Creek Fossil Area)	Several	mixed- state, private	The type locality for Tyrannosaurus rex, Ankylosaurus magniventris, and Brachychampsa fontana fossils.
Medicine Lake Site	1980	48°28′05″N 104°22′54″W / 48.468056°N 104.381667°W / 48.468056; -104.381667	Sheridan	federal (Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge)	An exceptional example of the processes of continental glaciation, including till, outwash, eskers, kames, and terrace deposits.
Middle Fork Canyon	1977	46°07′54″N 111°06′35″W / 46.131701°N 111.109849°W / 46.131701; -111.109849 (Middle Fork Canyon)	Gallatin	federal (Bureau of Land Management)	An outstanding example of a canyon cut across the grain of the geologic structure by a superposed stream.
Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge	1966	44°37′49″N 111°46′53″W / 44.630278°N 111.781389°W / 44.630278; -111.781389	Beaverhead	federal	A series of relatively undisturbed, high-altitude ecosystem types representative of pre-European settlement conditions.
Square Butte (mountain)	1980	47°28′35″N 110°14′31″W / 47.476499°N 110.241999°W / 47.476499; -110.241999 (Square Butte (mountain))	Chouteau	federal (Bureau of Land Management)	One of the best examples of banded magmatic rock in the United States.

List of National Natural Landmarks in Montana

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