The Long Way
Dawson County
A person looks out over a vast badlands landscape with layered hills and a cloudy sky.
Plate I. Badlands view, Makoshika State Park Visitor Center. From fwp.mt.gov
A sunset over a hilly landscape with sparse vegetation and a dramatic cloudy sky.
Plate II. Sunset over Makoshika State Park landscape. From fwp.mt.gov

Makoshika State Park Visitor Center

Glendive, Dawson County, Montana. Small-town museum.

Details

Map. Glendive, Dawson County, Montana. Larger map
Where
1301 Snyder Avenue, Glendive, MT 59330. Directions
When
Visitor Center: Summer Hours May 1 – September 30, Open daily 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Winter Hours October 1 - April 30, Open Wednesday - Sunday, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Season
Year round (Park open daily 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.; Water available year round).
Fees
Day use entrance fee with a vehicle: $8; Day use entrance fee as a walk-in, bicycle or bus passenger: $4 (Nonresidents).
Access
Closed all federal and state holidays except Memorial Day, Fourth of July, and Labor Day. Montana residents who pay the $9 state parks fee with their annual vehicle registration have no daily entrance fees to state parks.
Phone
406-377-6256
Managed by
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP), Riley Bell, Park Manager.
Coordinates
47.08972, -104.70633.

Montana's largest state park features badland formations and the fossil remains of Tyrannosaurus Rex, Triceratops, and other prehistoric life. The visitor center at the park entrance houses a Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil along with other fossil remains and badland interpretive displays.

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