National parks in Montana
There are two national parks located in the U.S. state of Montana managed by the National Park Service: Glacier National Park and Yellowstone National Park.[1] Yellowstone National Park is one of three national parks to be located in more than one state and the only national park to be located in three states, the other two being Wyoming and Idaho.[2] The state of Montana receives more than 5 million tourists and visitors to its national parks.[3]
Parks
[edit]Glacier
[edit]Glacier National Park was established on May 11, 1910 as the United States' tenth national park.[4] The park covers more than one-million acres and is home to many famous mountains and roads, such as Going-to-the-Sun Road and Chief Mountain.[5] The park is located in two Montana counties: Glacier and Flathead.
Yellowstone
[edit]Yellowstone National Park, established on March 1, 1872, is the United States' first national park.[6] About only three percent of Yellowstone is located in the state of Montana.[7] The park is home to Old Faithful, one of the most famous geysers in the world.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Montana". National Park Trust. Retrieved 2024-10-18.
- ^ Park, Mailing Address: PO Box 168 Yellowstone National; Us, WY 82190-0168 Phone: 307-344-7381 Contact. "Birth of a National Park - Yellowstone National Park (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2024-10-18.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Montana (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2024-10-18.
- ^ "History of Glacier National Park". KUSM / MontanaPBS. Retrieved 2024-10-18.
- ^ "Glacier National Park". National Park Foundation. 2024-09-05. Retrieved 2024-10-18.
- ^ "Yellowstone, the First National Park | Articles and Essays | Mapping the National Parks | Digital Collections | Library of Congress". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2024-10-18.
- ^ Park, Mailing Address: PO Box 168 Yellowstone National; Us, WY 82190-0168 Phone: 307-344-7381 Contact. "Park Facts - Yellowstone National Park (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2024-10-18.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "The story of a Yellowstone icon: Old Faithful Geyser | U.S. Geological Survey". www.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2024-10-18.