Black Eagle Dam
Black Eagle Dam is a hydroelectric gravity weir dam located on the Missouri River in the city of Great Falls, Montana. The first dam on the site, built and opened in 1890, was a timber-and-rock crib dam.Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Centene Stadium and C. M. Russell Museum Complex.
Centene Stadium
Stadium
Centene Stadium is a stadium located in Great Falls, Montana. It is named for the Centene Corporation. which paid for the naming rights to the stadium. Centene Stadium is situated 1,400 feet southeast of Black Eagle Dam.
C. M. Russell Museum Complex
Museum
Photo: Roger Wollstadt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
C. M. Russell Museum Complex is an art museum located in the city of Great Falls, Montana, in the United States. The museum's primary function is to display the artwork of Great Falls "cowboy artist" Charles Marion Russell, for whom the museum is named. C. M. Russell Museum Complex is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Black Eagle Dam.
Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art
Museum
Photo: Montanabw, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, is an art museum located at 1400 First Avenue North in Great Falls, Montana, in the United States. Its building was constructed in 1896 to house the city's first high school, Great Falls High School. Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Black Eagle Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Black Eagle and Great Falls.
Black Eagle
Village
Black Eagle is a census-designated place in Cascade County, Montana, United States. The population was 904 at the 2010 census. It is a suburb of Great Falls.
Great Falls
Photo: Villian88, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Great Falls is a city in Central Montana. It is the third most populous city in Montana with approximately 60,000 people. It is the hub for commercial and financial dealings in the center of the state.
Gibson Flats
Hamlet
Gibson Flats is a census-designated place in Cascade County, Montana, United States. The population was 199 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Great Falls, Montana Metropolitan Statistical Area. Gibson Flats is situated 3½ miles south of Black Eagle Dam.
Black Eagle Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Great Falls, Montana, U.S
- Categories: gravity dam, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Cascade, Montana, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.52012° or 47° 31′ 12″ northLongitude
-111.26223° or 111° 15′ 44″ westElevation
3,304 feet (1,007 metres)Open location code
85VCGPCQ+24OpenStreetMap ID
way 405794349OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap feature
waterway=damGeoNames ID
5640687Wikidata ID
Q4920713
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Chinese—“Black Eagle Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Black Eagle Dam”
- Chinese: “黑鷹水壩”
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