Belt Creek (Montana)

Belt Creek
Country Cascade and Chouteau County, Montana
Basin features
Main source 46°50′45″N 110°40′09″W / 46.84583°N 110.66917°W / 46.84583; -110.66917 (Belt Creek)[1]
River mouth 2,792 feet (851 m)[1]
47°35′53″N 111°02′55″W / 47.59806°N 111.04861°W / 47.59806; -111.04861 (Belt Creek)Coordinates: 47°35′53″N 111°02′55″W / 47.59806°N 111.04861°W / 47.59806; -111.04861 (Belt Creek)[1]
River system Missouri River

Belt Creek is a tributary, approximately 80 mi (129 km) long, of the Missouri River in western Montana in the United States.

It originates in the Lewis and Clark National Forest north of Big Baldy Mountain, in the Little Belt Mountains in western Judith Basin County. It flows northwest through mountainous canyons (Limestone Canyon) past Monarch,through the Sluice Box Park, and flows through Armington and Belt. It finally joins the Missouri approximately 15 mi (25 km) northwest of Great Falls of the Missouri.

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 "Belt Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.


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