Jefferson River
The Jefferson River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately 83 miles long, in the U.S. state of Montana. The Jefferson River and the Madison River form the official beginning of the Missouri at Missouri Headwaters State Park near Three Forks.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Missouri Headwaters State Park.
Missouri Headwaters State Park
Park
Photo: Mike Cline, Public domain.
Missouri Headwaters State Park is a public recreation area occupying 535 acres at the site of the official start of the Missouri River. The park offers camping, hiking trails, hunting, and water-related activities.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Three Forks.
Three Forks
Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Three Forks is a city in Gallatin County, Montana, United States and is located within the watershed valley system of both the Missouri and Mississippi rivers drainage basins — and is historically considered the birthplace or start of the Missouri River.
Jefferson River
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Gallatin County, Montana, United States
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Gallatin, Montana, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Jefferson River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Asturian to Western Frisian—“Jefferson River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Jefferson”
- Azerbaijani: “Cefferson çayı”
- Belarusian: “Джэферсан”
- Belarusian: “Рака Джэферсан”
- Bosnian: “Jefferson”
- Catalan: “Jefferson”
- Catalan: “riu Jefferson”
- Catalan: “Riu Jefferson”
- Cebuano: “Jefferson River”
- Chinese: “傑佛遜河”
- Croatian: “Jefferson”
- Czech: “Jefferson”
- Dutch: “Jefferson River”
- Dutch: “Jefferson”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر چيفيرسون”
- Finnish: “Jefferson”
- French: “Jefferson”
- German: “Jefferson River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Jefferson”
- Italian: “Jefferson”
- Japanese: “ジェファーソン川”
- Korean: “제퍼슨강”
- Kurdish: “Çemê Jefferson”
- Latvian: “Džefersona”
- Malayalam: “ജെഫേഴ്സൺ നദി”
- Mingrelian: “ჯეფერსონი (წყარმალუ)”
- Mingrelian: “ჯეფერსონი”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Jefferson River”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Jefferson”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Jeffersonelva”
- Norwegian: “Jefferson”
- Persian: “رود جفرسون”
- Polish: “Jefferson”
- Portuguese: “Rio Jefferson”
- Russian: “Джефферсон”
- Serbian: “Џеферсон”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Jefferson”
- Spanish: “Rio Jefferson”
- Spanish: “Río Jefferson”
- Swedish: “Jefferson River”
- Turkish: “Jefferson Nehri”
- Venetian: “Jefferson”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Jefferson”
- Welsh: “Afon Jefferson”
- Western Frisian: “Jefferson”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Trident and Carpenter.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Madison River and Headwaters Cemetery.
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