State Park on the Yellowstone River
Region 5 | Custer Country
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Posted Jan 01, 2012 No fires allowed at this site. *****************************************************
Created in 2008, this new state park and wildlife management area opens up more than 9,400 acres of hunting, hiking, and wildlife watching, as well as Yellowstone River fishing. And it's only 30 miles from Billings! The site contains 3,976 deeded acres and includes 5 miles of wooded Yellowstone River shoreline. The acquisition also secured for public use 5,450 acres of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and state land that had been difficult to access. Currently undeveloped, the park provides an ideal spot for hiking the day away. Sandstone bluffs overlook the Yellowstone river while deep canyons and ponderosa pine-lined coulees dot the landscape. The area provides habitat for mourning doves, meadowlarks, mallards, Canada geese, wild turkeys, pheasants, sage grouse, sharptailed grouse, Hungarian partridge, mule deer, whitetail deer, pronghorn antelope, and even an occasional elk. For more information on Yellowstone River State Park, read A New Piece of Paradise, a 2008 Montana Outdoors article.
Yellowstone River State Park is located on the Yellowstone River 333 miles from the mouth on the left hand side as you face downstream. Voyagers Rest is the next access site upstream from Yellowstone River.
Travel 28 miles east of Billings on I-94, take the Pompeys Pillar exit 23. Turn northwest onto Highway 312 and follow it westward past Pompeys Pillar and turn north onto Bundy Road, cross the Yellowstone River and travel up the hill for less than a mile. Turn west onto Bozeman Trail and follow it for a little more than a mile to the entrance station (gate). (Lat 45.997, Lng -108.083)
