Sixteen Mile Creek (Montana)

Sixteen Mile Creek

Basin
River system Missouri River
Main source 46°15′56″N 110°32′29″W / 46.26556°N 110.54139°W / 46.26556; -110.54139 (Sixteenmile Creek)[1]
River mouth 46°06′20″N 111°23′52″W / 46.10556°N 111.39778°W / 46.10556; -111.39778 (Sixteenmile Creek)Coordinates: 46°06′20″N 111°23′52″W / 46.10556°N 111.39778°W / 46.10556; -111.39778 (Sixteenmile Creek)[1]
Mouth elevation 3,963 feet (1,208 m)[1]
Country Broadwater, Gallatin and Meagher County, Montana
Physiognomy
Length 69 miles (111 km)[2]

Sixteen Mile Creek (also known as Sixteenmile Creek), a tributary of the Missouri River, is 69 miles (111 km) long, in western Montana in the United States. If forms at the confluence of the Middle and South forks of Sixteen Mile Creek approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Maudlow. The canyon through which it travels is known as "Sixteen Mile Canyon." The abandoned grade of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad ("the Milwaukee Road") parallels the creek through the canyon; the Milwaukee Road called Sixteen Mile Canyon "Montana Canyon" in its promotional material.

Sixteen Mile Creek rises in the Lewis and Clark National Forest in the Crazy Mountains in southeastern Meagher County. It flows generally west, south of the Big Belt Mountains, and southwest, past Maudlow and joins the Missouri 6 mi (9 km) southeast of Toston, at the site of the ghost town of Lombard.

Sixteen-Mile Creek is one of the more historically important areas in Montana. Its name derives from the fact that it enters the Missouri River 16 miles downstream from Three Forks, Montana. The rail bed of the original Montana Railroad runs through this creek canyon, which includes some really outstanding scenery. The Milwaukee Road abandoned this line in 1980.[3]

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 "Sixteenmile Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ "Sixteenmile Creek". Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. Retrieved 2015-02-15.
  3. ↑ "16 Mile Creek Access gets $250,000 Boost". Public Land and Water Access Association. Retrieved 2015-02-15.
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