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Caprock adorns pillars of sandstone in Makoshika State Park.
Makoshika State Park in Glendive, an 11,538-acre collection of weathered rock, multicolored badlands and wide expanses of native grass, has been hailed by Country magazine as one of the 10 “most magnificent, unheralded parks across America.”
The June/July issue of the magazine does the heralding in a special section headlined “Hidden Gems: Best Parks in the United States.”
Here’s how the magazine described Makoshika in a press release: “At Makoshika State Park, the largest state park in Montana, the forces of erosion have been sculpting stone and sand spires for hundreds of thousands of years. Makoshika offers anything from an 18-hole disc golf course across the famous Badlands to a naturally formed amphitheater, where talks and performances are held throughout the summer. The park’s pre-historic feel isn’t just an illusion, as it’s one of the most famous fossil hunting grounds in the country — 10 different dinosaur fossils were discovered in this cache, including Tyrannosaurus Rex and Triceratops.”
The story and photos are by Chuck Haney of Helena.
