Gallatin River
The Gallatin River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately 120 mi long, in the U.S. states of Wyoming and Montana. It is one of three rivers, along with the Jefferson and Madison, that converge near Three Forks, Montana, to form the Missouri.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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
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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.
Gallatin River
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in the Wyoming and Montana in the United States
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Park, Wyoming, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Gallatin River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Gallatin”
- Bavarian: “Gallatin River”
- Catalan: “Gallatin”
- Cebuano: “Gallatin River”
- Dutch: “Gallatin River”
- Dutch: “Gallatin”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر چالاتين”
- French: “Gallatin River”
- French: “Gallatin”
- German: “Gallatin River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Gallatin”
- Japanese: “ギャラテイン川”
- Korean: “갤러틴강”
- Kurdish: “Çemê Gallatin”
- Malayalam: “ഗലാറ്റിൻ നദി”
- Mingrelian: “გალატინი”
- Polish: “Gallatin”
- Portuguese: “Rio Gallatin”
- Russian: “Галлатин”
- Spanish: “Rio Gallatin”
- Spanish: “Río Gallatin”
- Swedish: “Gallatin River”
- Venetian: “Gallatin”
- Welsh: “Afon Gallatin”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Trident and Carpenter.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Trident Bridge and Headwaters Cemetery.
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