Sweet Grass Creek

Sweet Grass Creek
Basin
River system Yellowstone River
Main source 46°05′52″N 110°20′04″W / 46.09778°N 110.33444°W / 46.09778; -110.33444 (Sweet Grass Creek)[1]
Source elevation 3,904 feet (1,190 m)[1]
River mouth 45°47′10″N 109°47′23″W / 45.78611°N 109.78972°W / 45.78611; -109.78972 (Sweet Grass Creek)Coordinates: 45°47′10″N 109°47′23″W / 45.78611°N 109.78972°W / 45.78611; -109.78972 (Sweet Grass Creek)[1]
Country Park and Sweet Grass County, Montana

Sweet Grass Creek is a tributary of the Yellowstone River, approximately 50 mi (80 km) long, in south central Montana in the United States.

It rises in the Gallatin National Forest, in the Crazy Mountains in eastern Park County. It flows northeast, into Sweet Grass County, then southeast, past Melville, and south, joining the Yellowstone 2 mi (3 km) northwest of Greycliff.

Variant names

Sweet Grass Creek has also been known as: Otter River. [1]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Sweet Grass Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.


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