Pirogue Island State Park is a public recreation area on an island in the

Yellowstone River The Yellowstone River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately long, in the Western United States. Considered the principal tributary of upper Missouri, via its own tributaries it drains an area with headwaters across the mountains an ...

, two miles north of Miles City,

Montana Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbi ...

. The

state park State parks are parks or other protected areas managed at the sub-national level within those nations which use "state" as a political subdivision. State parks are typically established by a state to preserve a location on account of its natural ...

has of designated hiking trails and, according to the Montana Department of Tourism, " ldlife viewing, fishing for sauger, river floating, and Montana moss agate hunting are popular activities."

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Pirogue Island State Park
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
Pirogue Island State Park Trail Map
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks {{authority control State parks of Montana Protected areas of Custer County, Montana Protected areas established in 1982 1982 establishments in Montana River islands of Montana Yellowstone River