Madison Range

Madison Range

Geobox | Range
name=Madison



image_caption=Madison Range near Hebgen Lake
country=United States
region=Montana| Idaho
parent=Rocky Mountains
geology= | orogeny= | border=
length_imperial=80| length_orientation=
width_imperial= 25| width_orientation=
highest=Hilgard Peak
highest_elevation_imperial=
highest_lat_d=45|highest_lat_m=32|highest_lat_s=4|highest_lat_NS=N
highest_long_d=111|highest_long_m=46|highest_long_s=37|highest_long_EW=W


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The Madison Range is a mountain range located in the Rocky Mountains of Montana and Idaho, U.S. The range was named in honor of future President of the United States, then U.S. Secretary of State James Madison by Meriwether Lewis as the Lewis and Clark Expedition travelled through Montana in 1805. The range extends mi to km|80 from West Yellowstone, Montana to Bozeman, Montana and is flanked by the Madison River on the west and the Gallatin River to the east. The highest point in the range is Hilgard Peak at ft to m|11316, a remote peak that wasn't climbed until 1948.cite web| last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Hilgard Peak| work = | publisher = Summitpost| date = | url = http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/rock/154202/hilgard-peak.html| format = | doi = | accessdate = 2008-09-10]

The Madison Range is the westernmost section of what is collectively referred to as the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Most of the range lies within Beaverhead-Deerlodge and Gallatin National Forests. A small portion of the range has been further protected with the creation of the Lee Metcalf Wilderness. The region has grizzly and black bears and at least one pack of wolves. Most other larger mammal species native to the region continue to exist in the range.

Not far to the south of Mount Hilgard, lies Quake Lake, which was created in 1959 after a 7.3 magnitude earthquake caused a huge landslide which dammed the Madison River.cite web | last = U.S. Geological Survey | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | year = | url = http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/states/events/1959_08_18.php| title = Largest Earthquake in Montana | format = | work = Historic Earthquakes| publisher = | accessdate = 2008-09-10]

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