Placid Lake State Park is a public recreation area located northeast of
Missoula
Missoula ( ; fla, label=Salish language, Séliš, Nłʔay, lit=Place of the Small Bull Trout, script=Latn; kut, Tuhuⱡnana, script=Latn) is a city in the U.S. state of Montana; it is the county seat of Missoula County, Montana, Missoula Cou ...
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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 Columb ...
. The
state park sits on at the eastern end of Placid Lake that include the lake's outlet to Owl Creek, a tributary of the
Clearwater River. The park is known for its scenery, camping, aquatic recreation, and fishing.
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History
Placid Lake was named after the Adirondack Mountains
The Adirondack Mountains (; a-də-RÄN-dak) form a massif in northeastern New York with boundaries that correspond roughly to those of Adirondack Park. They cover about 5,000 square miles (13,000 km2). The mountains form a roughly circular ...
' Lake Placid by Hiram Blanchard, a New Yorker who moved to the area in 1892 to form the Clearwater Land and Livestock Company.[ A dam was completed below the lake's Owl Creek outlet in 1972,][ and the park was created in 1977.][
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Activities and amenities
Park facilities include a swimming area, campsites, and boat launch.[ The park offers an opportunity to view rednecked grebes, ]osprey
The osprey (''Pandion haliaetus''), , also called sea hawk, river hawk, and fish hawk, is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey with a cosmopolitan range. It is a large raptor reaching more than in length and across the wings. It is brown o ...
s, common loons, and other species of waterfowl.[
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References
External links
Placid Lake State Park
Montana State Parks
Placid Lake State Park Map
Montana State Parks
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Protected areas of Missoula County, Montana
State parks of Montana
Protected areas established in 1977