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Montana's Top 10 Dramatic Spots

Posted Sep 17, 07 2:07 AM CDT in Arts & Living,  US 

(Newser) – It wasn't a scientific survey.  But the results were dramatic.  The Billings Gazette selected a few Montanans ranging from authors to fly fishermen to geologists to pick the most dramatic natural sites in this most  dramatic state. Here's what they came up with:

  1. Beartooth Mountains
  2. Missouri River Breaks
  3. Glacier National Park

  1. Makoshika State Park
  2. Yellowstone River
  3. Rocky Mountain Front
  4. Medicine Rocks State Park
  5. Pryor Mountains
  6. Flathead Lake
  7. Lewis and Clark Caverns State Park

Source Billings Gazette

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Taken along the Rocky Mountain Front south of Augusta, Montana   (Bitterroot (via Flickr))
Beartooth Mountains in the early afternoon   (wisconsinhiker (via Flickr))
Missouri Breaks at Fort Benton, Montana   (PJ Spain)
Glacier   ((c) santanartist)
Yellowstone River   ((c) tofslie)
Stone Towers, Medicine Park State Park, Ekalaka, Montana   (Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks)
Stack of Rocks, Pryor Mountains, Montana   (einafour (via Flickr))
Flathead Lake, Montana   ((c) ceonyc)
Stalagmite in Lews and Clark Caverns, Montana   ((c) grabadonut)
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