Montana Landmarks Map
A free printable illustrated map of Montana for kids. It shows 7 landmarks and natural places and 4 industries where they really are, along with the state symbols, 5 cities and a box of key facts. It comes in color and in ink-saving black and white, sized for US Letter paper.
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Color or black and white.
Both are free, sized for US Letter paper, and come as a PDF to print or a PNG image for slides.
Color
The full-color map, for a wall display or a color printer.
Black and white
The same map with no color or shading. Prints cleanly on a classroom printer and saves ink.
What is on the Montana map
Every picture sits at its real location in Montana, with a one-line fact beside it. Helena, the capital, is marked with a star.
Landmarks and natural places
- Glacier National Park: It has over twenty active glaciers inside.
- Flathead Lake: A huge natural lake, bigger in area than Tahoe.
- Missouri River: The longest river in the entire United States.
- Fort Peck Lake: A massive reservoir with 1,520 miles of shore.
- Little Bighorn: Site of the famous 1876 battle on the plains.
- Bannack State Park: A preserved ghost town from the 1862 gold rush.
- First Peoples Buffalo Jump: Used by Native Americans for thousands of years.
What Montana makes and grows
- Wheat Farming: Montana grows millions of bushels of wheat.
- Copper Mining: Butte was once America’s top copper producer.
- Cattle Ranching: Cattle outnumber people here almost 2 to 1.
- Coal Mining: Montana has the largest coal reserves in the US.
State symbols
- Western Meadowlark: This bird has a bright yellow chest with a black V.
- Bitterroot: Native tribes used its roots for food and trade.
- Ponderosa Pine: Its thick bark smells like sweet vanilla.
- Grizzly Bear: This official state animal can weigh 800 pounds.
- Sapphire: Montana produces most US gem sapphires.
Montana key facts
From the box on the map
- Nickname
- The Treasure State
- Capital
- Helena
- Largest city
- Billings
- Became a state
- November 8, 1889 (41st)
- State bird
- Western meadowlark
- State flower
- Bitterroot
- State tree
- Ponderosa pine
- Motto
- Gold and silver (Oro y Plata)
Cities shown
- Helena (capital)
- Billings
- Missoula
- Great Falls
- Bozeman
The outline, rivers and cities are drawn from map data. Pictures of crops and industries are placed in a part of the state where each is typical.