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Tower Rock State Park, Cascade, MT

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Tower Rock State Park

A towering igneous rock formation on the Missouri River that served as a landmark for Native peoples and Lewis and Clark.

2325 Old US Highway 91, Cascade, MT 59421 · Cascade, MT

About Tower Rock State Park

Tower Rock is a steep igneous formation rising about 400 feet beside the Missouri River in north central Montana. Native tribes used it as a guide when traveling to and from the buffalo grounds, and Meriwether Lewis recorded it in his 1805 journal. The 140-acre state park is day use only. Five interpretive panels at the trailhead explain the geology and history, and a maintained quarter-mile trail leads toward the base of the saddle. Visitors can hike, picnic, photograph the rock, and learn about its past.

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