List of National Natural Landmarks in Montana
From List of National Natural Landmarks, these are the National Natural Landmarks in Montana. There are 10 in total, X are lakes or pond, Y are forests, Z are other.
|
Name |
Image |
Date |
Location |
County |
Description |
1 |
Bug Creek Fossil Area |
|
01966 1966 |
|
McCone |
Produced abundant remains of small, Cretaceous mammals. |
2 |
Bridger Fossil Area |
|
01973 1973 |
|
Carbon |
Contains fossils of Deinonychus antirrhopus. |
3 |
Cloverly Formation Site |
|
01973 1973 |
|
Big Horn |
Contains early Cretaceous vertebrate fossils. |
4 |
Capitol Rock |
|
01976 1976 |
|
Carter |
A remnant of the once continuous blanket of Tertiary deposits that covered much of the Great Plains. |
5 |
Glacial Lake Missoula |
|
01966 1966 |
|
Sanders |
Contains the best examples of giant flood ripples in the North American continent. |
6 |
Hell Creek Fossil Area |
|
01966 1966 |
|
Garfield |
The type locality for Tyrannosaurus rex, Ankylosaurus magniventris, and Brachychampsa fontana fossils. |
7 |
Middle Fork Canyon |
|
01977 1977 |
|
Gallatin |
An outstanding example of a canyon cut across the grain of the geologic structure by a superposed stream. |
8 |
Medicine Lake Site |
|
01980 1980 |
|
Sheridan |
An exceptional example of the processes of continental glaciation, including till, outwash, eskers, kames, and terrace deposits. |
9 |
Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge |
|
01966 1966 |
|
Beaverhead |
A series of relatively undisturbed, high-altitude ecosystem types representative of pre-European settlement conditions. |
10 |
Square Butte |
|
01980 1980 |
|
Chouteau |
One of the best examples of banded magmatic rock in the United States. |