Everything about The Gallatin River totally explained
The
Gallatin River is a tributary of the
Missouri River, approximately 120 mi (193 km 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.
It rises in the northwest corner of
Yellowstone National Park, in northwestern
Wyoming, in the
Gallatin Range of the
Rocky Mountains. It flows northwest through
Gallatin National Forest, past
Big Sky, Montana, and joins the Jefferson and Madison approximately 30 mi (48 km) northwest of
Bozeman.
U.S. Highway 191 follows the river from the Wyoming border to just outside of Bozeman.
The river was named in July
1805 by
Meriwether Lewis at Three Forks. The eastern fork of the three, it was named for
Albert Gallatin, the
U.S. Treasury Secretary from 1801-14. The western fork was named for
President Thomas Jefferson and the central fork for
Secretary of State James Madison.
The Gallatin River is one of the best
whitewater runs in the Yellowstone-Teton Area. In June, when the snowmelt is released from the mountains, the river has a class IV section called the "Mad Mile." This section is over a mile long and contains continuous stretches of challenging whitewater. Rafting companies offer trips on this river - on the Mad Mile Section as well as other, less challenging sections.
The Gallatin River is an amazingly scenic river - winding through high alpine meadows, dropping into the rocky Gallatin Canyon, and flowing out into the Gallatin Valley. It is also known for Blue Ribbon Trout Fishing.
Parts of the movie
A River Runs Through It were filmed on the Gallatin.
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