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The Madison River is widely regarded as one of the finest trout fisheries in the world. [6] [7] [8] It is classified as a blue ribbon fishery in Montana, where fly fisherman target brown trout, rainbow trout, cutthroat trout, and mountain whitefish. [9] Grizzly bears and wolves reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park roam the river valley. [10]
Hebgen Dam is a concrete-core earthen embankment dam in the western United States, located on the Madison River in southwestern Montana.The dam is 85 feet (26 m) tall and 721 feet (220 m) in length; its purpose is to store and regulate water for other downstream reservoirs and hydroelectric power plants. [2]
The Firehole River is located in northwestern Wyoming, and is one of the two major tributaries of the Madison River. It flows north approximately 21 miles (34 km) from its source in Madison Lake on the Continental Divide to join the Gibbon River at Madison Junction in Yellowstone National Park. It is part of the Missouri River system.
Ennis is a town in Madison County, Montana, United States, in the southwestern part of the state. The population was 917 at the 2020 census, [5] up from 838 in 2010. U.S. Route 287 runs through town, following the Madison River as it descends from the town of West Yellowstone.
Location: Gallatin County, Montana, United States: Coordinates: 1]: Type: Reservoir: Primary inflows: Madison River: Primary outflows: Madison River: Catchment area: 905 square miles (2,340 km 2): Basin countries: United States: Max. length: 15 miles (24 km): Max. width: 4 miles (6.4 km): Surface area: 12,563 acres (5,084 ha) [2]: Max. depth: 70 feet (21 m) [2]: Water volume: 386,200 acre⋅ft ...
The Madison Plateau, the largest of the named plateaus, lies south of the Madison River and west of the Upper and Lower Geyser Basins. It extends south from the Madison River to the Continental Divide and west to the park border. The Plateau is virtually inaccessible because only one trail, the Summit Lake Trail, traverses the plateau east to ...
Quake Lake (officially Earthquake Lake) is a lake in the western United States, on the Madison River in southwestern Montana. It was created after an earthquake struck on August 17, 1959, with 28 fatalities. [4] Northwest of West Yellowstone, Quake Lake is six miles (10 km) in length with a maximum depth of 125 feet (38 m).
Early maps listed the river as Gibbons Fork or the East Fork of the Madison River. The river between Norris and Madison Junction is paralleled by the Grand Loop Road. The river, along with Gibbon Falls, is named for Colonel John Gibbon, [5] U.S. Army who participated in the 1872 Hayden Geological Survey of Yellowstone.