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45°26′25″N 109°12′53″W / 45.44028°N 109.21472°W / 45.44028; -109.21472
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Cooney State Park
Map showing the location of Cooney State Park
Map showing the location of Cooney State Park
Location in Montana
Location Carbon County, Montana, United States
Nearest town Columbus, Montana
Coordinates 45°26′25″N 109°12′53″W / 45.44028°N 109.21472°W / 45.44028; -109.21472 [1]
Area309 acres (125 ha) [2]
Elevation4,268 ft (1,301 m) [1]
Designation Montana state park
Established1970 [3]
Administrator Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
Website Cooney State Park

Cooney State Park is a public recreation area bordering Cooney Reservoir, fourteen miles (23 km) south of Columbus in Carbon County, Montana. The state park occupies 309 acres (125 ha) on three sides of the reservoir, a 1,078-acre (436 ha) impoundment of Red Lodge Creek completed in 1937. [4] [5] The park offers boating, fishing, swimming, picnicking, and camping. [2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Cooney Reservoir State Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ a b "Cooney State Park". Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
  3. ^ "Park Origin by Date". Montana State Parks. 2014. Archived from the original on January 1, 2020. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
  4. ^ "Cooney Dam Fact Sheet" (PDF). Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
  5. ^ Staff (February 15, 2012). "Meeting tonight on Cooney State Park plan". Billings Gazette. Billings, Montana. Retrieved June 5, 2018. The park was established in 1969 along the shores of Cooney Reservoir, which was built by damming Red Lodge Creek in 1937 to store water for the Rock Creek Water Users Association. When full, the reservoir covers just more than 1,000 acres.

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