State Park Trail Diane Gabriel Trail

Address

1301 Snyder Avenue
Glendive, MT 59330 View on Map Own or manage this business?

Website http://stateparks.mt.gov/makoshika Email makoshika@mt.gov Phone 406-377-6256

Overview Service & Activities

About The Diane Gabriel Trail is located one mile inside the park at the Cains Coulee Campground. Named for the late Diane Gabriel, a paleontologist from the Museum of the Rockies who did extensive dinosaur research at Makoshika State Park, the 1.5 mile loop trail introduces visitors to the larger features of the badlands landscape, such as the sod tabletops and sinkhole caves that form in the hillsides from erosion. The highlight of the trail is a climb up to a series of Hadrosaur vertebrae left partially exposed in the hillside so visitors can see what it is like to find and excavate fossils.

Contact

MAILING ADDRESS PO Box 1242
Glendive, MT 59330

CONTACT 406-377-6256

Details

SPECIAL DIRECTIONS Makoshika State Park is located 1/4 mile southeast of Glendive. Take I-94 Glendive Exits and follow signs two to three miles through town to Makoshika State Park. Makoshika is adjacent to the southeast city limits.

SERVICES Established Fire Pits Gift Shop Handicapped Accessible Interpretive Display Maps Parking Pets Allowed Picnic Shelter Public Restroom Toilets Trail Water

ACTIVITIES Archaeology Backcountry Camping Bird Watching Camping Deer Hunting Education Exhibit Hiking Horseback Riding Hunting Museum Nature Outdoor Activity Paleontology Photography Picnicking RV Camping Sightseeing Tent Camping Wildlife Viewing