Lost Creek State Park

Lost Creek State Park
Limestone cliffs at Lost Creek State Park
Location	Deer Lodge County, Montana
Coordinates	46°12′14″N 112°59′43″W / 46.20389°N 112.99528°W / 46.20389; -112.99528 (Lost Creek State Park)Coordinates: 46°12′14″N 112°59′43″W / 46.20389°N 112.99528°W / 46.20389; -112.99528 (Lost Creek State Park)^[1]
Area	502 acres (203 ha)
Operated by	Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks

Lost Creek State Park, located near Anaconda, Montana, is a state park 502 acres (203 ha) in size and features towering limestone cliffs and multi-colored rock formations rising 1,200 feet (370 m) above the canyon floor.^[2] The park is located at an elevation of 6,424 feet (1,958 m)^[1] and features a short walking trail to Lost Creek Falls, which plunge 50 feet (15 m). Mountain goats and bighorn sheep are commonly seen at the park. The park is open May 1 - November 30. The park offers camping, fishing, picnicking, bicycling, hiking and wildlife viewing.

Gallery

Limestone cliffs at Lost Creek State Park, Montana

Another view of cliffs in Lost Creek State Park

References

1 2 "Lost Creek State Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
↑ "Lost Creek State Park". Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. Retrieved 2012-09-19.

External links

Lost Creek State Park Montana Fish, Wildlife, and 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 & Historic Sites	Grant-Kohrs Ranch NHS Nez Perce NHP

National Historic & 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 Hailstone Halfbreed Lake Hewitt Lake Lake Mason Lake Thibadeau Lamesteer Lee Metcalf Lost Trail Medicine Lake National Bison Range Ninepipe Pablo Red Rock Lakes Swan River UL Bend War Horse

National Forests	Beaverhead 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 & Scenic Rivers	Flathead Missouri

State

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State Forests	Clearwater Coal Creek Lincoln Lubrecht Experimental Forest 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

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