Pirogue Island State Park, State park on Yellowstone River island near Miles City, Montana.
Pirogue Island State Park is a natural area on an island in the Yellowstone River near Miles City. The park features a forested landscape with river channels and sand banks shaped by the river's natural flow.
The sources document no 1806 visit by Captain Clark; the park's recorded facts are modern. It is a 269-acre (109 ha) public recreation area on an island in the Yellowstone River, two miles north of Miles City, Montana, with 2.8 miles (4.5 km) of designated hiking trails. The land lies in Custer County at about 716 metres above sea level, in a shallow valley of mostly flat prairie.
The name comes from the pirogue, the dugout canoe used on the Yellowstone River. Today anglers fish the channels for sauger, and hunters scan gravel bars for Montana moss agate, the state gemstone. The 2.8 miles of marked trails are laid out for watching wildlife along the river.
Visitors can explore marked trails within the park and enjoy fishing or wildlife watching. The park operates during daylight hours, though access to the island changes with seasonal water levels in the river.
The park covers 269 acres on the Yellowstone River and holds 2.8 miles of marked hiking trails. Montana's tourism department lists sauger fishing, river floating and hunting for Montana moss agate among the activities visitors come for.
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