Marias River is a physical feature (stream) in Chouteau County. The primary coordinates for Marias River places it within the MT 59460 ZIP Code delivery area.
Feature Name: | Marias River |
Category: | Montana physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Stream |
Description: | 210 miles long. Heads at the confluence of Two Medicine River and Cut Bank Creek 20 km (12.4 mi) N of the community of Valier, flows E through Lake Elwell, then SE to join the Missouri River 1.6 km (1 mi) SE of the community of Loma, 33 km (21 mi) downstream from Fort Benton. |
History: | Named for Maria Wood, cousin of Meriwether Lewis. A proposal to change the name Marias River to Maria River was submitted in Februrary 1998; in September 1999, the USBGN rejected the proposal based on the long-time local use of the current name. |
County: | Chouteau County |
Latitude: | 47.9294167 |
Longitude: | -110.4724334 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Marias River: Marias River.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Marias River does not include property ownership information.
Loma, MT
(1.4 miles WNW) Fort Benton, MT (11.8 miles SW) |
Sunnybrook Colony, MT
(19.8 miles NW) |
Lippard, MT
(4.1 miles ENE) Stranahan, MT (8.3 miles ENE) |
Virgelle, MT
(11.8 miles ENE) |