Arrow Creek (Fergus County, Montana)

This article is about Arrow Creek in Fergus County, Montana. For Arrow Creek in Yellowstone County, Montana, see Arrow Creek (Yellowstone County, Montana).

For other places with the same name, see Arrow Creek (disambiguation).

Arrow Creek (Gros Ventre: ʔɔ́ciníícááh, lit. 'arrow river'^[2]) is a tributary of the Missouri River in Montana in the United States. Approximately 45 miles (73 km) long, it rises in the Lewis and Clark National Forest near Highwood Baldy in the Highwood Mountains in southern Chouteau County. It flows south then east, then northeast and joins the Missouri in the White Cliffs Area on the border between Chouteau and Fergus counties.

Arrow Creek
Location
Country	Fergus, Chouteau and Judith Basin County, Montana
Physical characteristics
Source
• coordinates	47°24′03″N 110°36′20″W[1]
Mouth
• coordinates	47°42′52″N 109°49′43″W[1]
• elevation	2,431 feet (741 m)[1]
Basin features
River system	Missouri River

See also

• Montana portal

• List of rivers of Montana
• Montana Stream Access Law

References

1. "Arrow Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. Cowell, A.; Taylor, A.; Brockie, T. "Gros Ventre ethnogeography and place names: A diachronic perspective". Anthropological Linguistics. 58 (2): 132–170. doi:10.1353/anl.2016.0025.