Sweet Grass Creek is a tributary of the

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, approximately 50 mi (80 km) long, in south central

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in the

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. It rises in the

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, in the

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in eastern Park County. It flows northeast, into Sweet Grass County, then southeast, past Melville, and south, joining the Yellowstone 2 mi (3 km) northwest of Greycliff.

Variant names

Sweet Grass Creek has also been known as: Otter River.

Notes

Rivers of Montana Rivers of Park County, Montana Bodies of water of Sweet Grass County, Montana Tributaries of the Yellowstone River {{Montana-river-stub

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