Madison River
The Madison River is a headwater tributary of the Missouri River, approximately 183 miles long, in Wyoming and Montana. Its confluence with the Jefferson and Gallatin rivers near Three Forks, Montana forms the Missouri River.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Montana and Wyoming, United States
- Also known as: “Firehole River”, “Madison Fork”, “River-in-which-the-shield-floated-off”, and “Tobacco Root River”
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 and Wheatland.
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.
Wheatland
Village
Wheatland is a census-designated place in Broadwater County, Montana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Wheatland had a population of 1,103. Wheatland is situated 4½ miles west of Madison River.
Logan
Hamlet
Logan is an unincorporated community in Gallatin County, Montana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Logan had a population of 72. Logan can be accessed via exit 283 on Interstate 90. Logan is situated 5 miles southeast of Madison River.
Madison River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Gallatin, Montana, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Western Frisian—“Madison River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Madison”
- Catalan: “Madison”
- Cebuano: “Madison River”
- Chinese: “麥迪遜河”
- Chinese: “麦迪逊河”
- Czech: “Madison”
- Danish: “Madison River”
- Dutch: “Madison River”
- Dutch: “Madison”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ماديسون”
- French: “Madison”
- French: “rivière Madison”
- German: “Madison River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Madison”
- Japanese: “マディソン川”
- Korean: “매디슨강”
- Kurdish: “Çemê Madison”
- Mingrelian: “მადისონი (წყარმალუ)”
- Mingrelian: “მადისონი”
- Polish: “Madison”
- Portuguese: “Rio Madison”
- Russian: “Мадисон (река)”
- Russian: “Мадисон”
- Spanish: “Rio Madison”
- Spanish: “Río Madison”
- Swedish: “Madison River”
- Venetian: “Madison”
- Welsh: “Afon Madison”
- Western Frisian: “Madison”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Jefferson River and Headwaters Cemetery.
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