Hebgen Lake is approximately 15 miles long and 2.5 miles wide. Hebgen Lake has been called the premier stillwater fishing lake in Montana.

Hebgen Lake is a man-made lake, retained by an earth-fill dam approximately 15 miles long and 2.5 miles wide. It was, and is a popular vacation and fishing spot, near Yellowstone National Park. In 1959 an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 occurred along a fault that crosses the Madison River. The quake damaged the dam, but not severely.

Hebgen Lake is located on the West side of the Park, and is located in the Gallatin National Forest.

The Gallatin National Forest is a hiking and backpacking mecca. It has a total of 2,290 miles of hiking trails, including seven National Recreation Trails.

Hikers and backpackers can tackle the Gallatin Range, the Madison Range, the Bridger Range, the Absaroka Range, and the Beartooth Range—each of which boasts terrain ranging from 5,000 feet to over 10,000 feet.

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