Little Bighorn River

Little Bighorn River
Origin	45°00′03″N 107°37′37″W / 45.00083°N 107.62694°W / 45.00083; -107.62694 (Little Bighorn River)[1]
Mouth	45°44′17″N 107°34′10″W / 45.73806°N 107.56944°W / 45.73806; -107.56944 (Little Bighorn River)Coordinates: 45°44′17″N 107°34′10″W / 45.73806°N 107.56944°W / 45.73806; -107.56944 (Little Bighorn River)[1]
Basin countries	Big Horn County, Montana and Sheridan County, Wyoming
Mouth elevation	2,884 feet (879 m)[1]
River system	Yellowstone River

The Little Bighorn River is a 138-mile-long (222 km)^[2] tributary of the Bighorn River in the United States in the states of Wyoming and Montana. The Battle of the Little Bighorn was fought on its banks in 1876, as well as the Battle of Crow Agency in 1887.

The Little Bighorn rises in extreme northern Wyoming, along the north side of the Bighorn Mountains. It flows northward into Montana and across the Crow Indian Reservation, past the towns of Wyola, Lodge Grass and Crow Agency, and joins the Bighorn near the town of Hardin.

The battle site, now included in the grounds of Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, is approximately five miles south of Crow Agency, on the eastern side of the river.

Variant names

The Little Bighorn River has also been known as: Custer River, Greasy Grass River (Lakota name) and Great Horn River.^[1]

See also

• List of Wyoming rivers
• List of rivers of Montana
• Montana Stream Access Law

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c d} "Little Bighorn River". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:773405. 
2. ^ "The National Map". U.S. Geological Survey. http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/. Retrieved Feb. 9, 2011.