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Twin Lakes (Madison County, Montana)

Coordinates: 45°14′20″N 111°51′53″W / 45.23889°N 111.86472°W / 45.23889; -111.86472 (Twin Lakes)
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Twin Lakes
Lower Twin Lakes
Location of Twin Lakes in Montana, USA.
Location of Twin Lakes in Montana, USA.
Twin Lakes
Location of Twin Lakes in Montana, USA.
Location of Twin Lakes in Montana, USA.
Twin Lakes
LocationMadison County, Montana
Coordinates45°14′20″N 111°51′53″W / 45.23889°N 111.86472°W / 45.23889; -111.86472 (Twin Lakes)[1]
Surface elevation6,909 feet (2,106 m)

Twin Lakes are a pair of small sub-alpine lakes in the Axolotl Lakes group in the Greenhorn Range southwest of Ennis, Montana. Lower Twin Lakes is approximately 11 acres (4.5 ha). Upper Twin Lakes is considerably smaller and located approximately .25 miles (0.40 km) southwest of the lower lake. Twin Lakes is located on state owned land and accessible by a one-lane dirt road (Axolotl Lakes Road) connecting Montana Highway 287 and the Gravelly Range road.

Twin Lakes contain rainbow trout stocked by the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks.[2]

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  1. ^ "Twin Lakes". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ "Detailed Waterbody Report-Twin Lakes". Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Department. Retrieved 2013-07-05.