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First Peoples Buffalo Jump State Park

First Peoples Buffalo Jump State Park

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406-866-2217, 406-866-2219
Free for Montana residents; $6.00 per vehicle daily entrance fee for non-residents
lat: 47.4796208 long: -111.5247388

Explore the story of the people, animals and landscape of the prehistoric buffalo culture.

Designated a National Historic Landmark in 2015 by the National Park Service.

First Peoples Buffalo Jump State Park is an archaeological site that tells the story of one of the largest prehistoric bison kill-sites in North America, capturing a portrait of Montana’s First Peoples. Native peoples used this site to hunt buffalo for at least six hundred years. The park has a visitor center, interpretive trail, picnic tables, and a protected black-tailed prairie dog town to help visitors better understand the epic history of hunting on the high plains. The top of the jump offers expansive, panoramic views of the Rocky Mountain Front, the Missouri River valley, and the buttes and grasslands characteristic of the region.

The park also offers a visitor center and “what the buffalo became” exhibit, 3+ miles of hiking trails, public restrooms (handicapped accessible), special events, wildlife viewing, and remnants of Native Prairie.

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Clearwater to Dunnigan Gulch

   

lat: 46.9505625 long: -113.5433125
Lolo Trail to Nee Me Poo Trail #40

lat: 46.58654 long: -114.73281
Coal Banks Landing to Eagle Creek

lat: 47.7400888 long: -109.6276312
Yellowstone River

lat: 45.511026613548 long: -110.58150009801
Judith Landing

lat: 47.7408449 long: -109.6284022
Old Buffalo Trail 1

lat: 46.9547545 long: -113.5255417
Blackfoot River Beginning

lat: 46.9502198 long: -113.3787584
Hole in the Wall to Judith Landing

lat: 47.7400888 long: -109.6276312
Old Buffalo Trail 2

lat: 46.9547545 long: -113.5255417
Ryan Dam

lat: 47.5695678 long: -111.1240541
Missouri River Left

lat: 46.6822743 long: -111.8215701
Mcnamara to Bonner

lat: 46.9502198 long: -113.3787584
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