Sun River
The Sun River is a tributary of the Missouri River in the Great Plains, approximately 130 mi long, in Montana in the United States.Photo: Qfl247, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Montana, United States
- Also known as: “Mah-pah-pah-azh-hah”, “Medicine River”, “Midison River”, “Natae-oueti”, “Nataeosueti”, “Natoe-sucti”, “North Fork Sun River”, “Point of Rocks River”, and “Pointed Rock River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include C. M. Russell Museum Complex and Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art.
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 1½ miles northeast of Sun River.
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 1½ miles northeast of Sun River.
Sip ’n Dip Lounge
Pub
The Sip 'n Dip Lounge is a tiki bar in Great Falls, Montana, US, opened in 1962, when Polynesian themes were popular. It has survived to the present day with its tiki theme intact.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Great Falls and Black Eagle.
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.
Black Eagle
Village
Black Eagle is a census-designated place in Cascade County, Montana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Black Eagle had a population of 949. It is a suburb of Great Falls. Black Eagle is situated 2½ miles northeast of Sun River.
Gibson Flats
Hamlet
Gibson Flats is a census-designated place in Cascade County, Montana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Gibson Flats had a population of 203. It is part of the Great Falls, Montana Metropolitan Statistical Area. Gibson Flats is situated 3½ miles southeast of Sun River.
Sun River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Cascade, Montana, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to Welsh—“Sun River” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “Medicine River”
- Catalan: “Sun”
- Cebuano: “Sun River (suba)”
- Cebuano: “Sun River”
- Dutch: “Sun River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر صن”
- French: “Medicine River”
- French: “Sun River”
- German: “Medicine River”
- German: “Sun River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Sun”
- Japanese: “サン川”
- Kurdish: “Çemê Sun”
- Lithuanian: “Medisinas”
- Lithuanian: “Sanas”
- Mingrelian: “სან-რივერი”
- Russian: “Сан”
- Venetian: “Sun”
- Welsh: “Afon Sun”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Smelter Hill and Emerson Junction.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Oddfellows Park and Missouri River Bridge.
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