Our Lady of the Rockies
Our Lady of the Rockies is a 90-foot statue built in the likeness of Mary, the mother of Jesus, that stands atop the Continental Divide overlooking Butte, Montana, United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: statue of Virgin Mary in Montana
- Also known as: “Our Lady Of The Rockies”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Silver Bow County Poor Farm Hospital.
Silver Bow County Poor Farm Hospital
Building
Photo: Montanabw, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Silver Bow County Poor Farm Hospital at 3040 Continental Dr. in Butte, Montana was built in 1902. It includes design by architect Charles S. Haire. Silver Bow County Poor Farm Hospital is situated 2 miles southwest of Our Lady of the Rockies.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Elk Park Pass and Butte.
Elk Park Pass
Locality
Elk Park Pass, elevation 6,352 ft, is a mountain pass on the Continental Divide in southwestern Montana, about 4 miles northeast of Butte. It is traversed by Interstate 15 and is one of three crossings of the Divide by the Interstate, the others being Monida Pass and Deer Lodge Pass southwest of Butte. Elk Park Pass is situated 2½ miles north of Our Lady of the Rockies.
Butte
Photo: Montanabw, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Butte is one of the major towns in Montana, with a population of 35,000. In its heyday between the late 19th century and about 1920, it was one of the largest and most notorious copper boomtowns in the American West, home to hundreds of saloons and a famous red-light district.
Walkerville
Village
Photo: Cnw427, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Walkerville is a town in Silver Bow County, Montana, United States, that is an enclave of the consolidated city-county of Butte. The population was 639 at the 2020 census. Walkerville is situated 4½ miles northwest of Our Lady of the Rockies.
Our Lady of the Rockies
- Categories: sculpture, tourism, historic site, and monument
- Location: Silver Bow County, Montana, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
46.0004° or 46° 0′ 1″ northLongitude
-112.44622° or 112° 26′ 46″ westElevation
7,841 feet (2,390 metres)Height
90 feet (27 metres)Open location code
85R92H23+5GOpenStreetMap ID
way 1228557540OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Our Lady of the Rockies” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Our Lady of the Rockies”
- Chinese: “落基山圣母像”
- Finnish: “Our Lady of the Rockies”
- Spanish: “Nuestra Señora de las Montañas Rocosas”
- Spanish: “Nuestra Señora de las Rocosas”
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