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Pictograph Cave State Park is a place to contemplate the origins of human habitation in Montana. The Pictograph Cave site was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964, because of its archeological significance. Today's visitors can enjoy a unique opportunity to explore the mystery of this extraordinary site and tour the new visitor ...
About. Pictograph Cave State Park is a National Historic Landmark known for its importance to Northern Plains Archaeology. Visitors will learn about the rock art and artifacts found here dating thousands of years old. This 23 acre park features walking trails, great scenery, a visitor's center, picnic grounds, museum displays, everything you ...
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- 3401 Coburn Rd, Billings, 59101-6420, Montana
The Pictograph Cave site was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964, because of its historic and archeological significance. Today's visitors can enjoy a unique opportunity to explore the mystery of this extraordinary site. Prehistoric hunters who camped in Pictograph Cave left behind artifacts and over 100 pictographs or rock paintings. The earliest artists decorated the walls of ...
The oldest art found at Pictograph Cave State Park is over 2,000 years old and from some of the very first humans on the plains. The three main caves in the park - Pictograph, Middle, and Ghost - were created from the Eagle sandstone cliff by water and wind erosion. The deepest of the caves, Pictograph Cave, is 160 feet wide and 45 feet deep.
PICTOGRAPH CAVE STATE PARK. 3401 Coburn Road. Billings, Montana 59101. (lat:45.7378 lon:-108.4311) Phone: 406-254-7342. First there was the land, the mountains and the rivers. Humans are but recent newcomers to this place now called Montana. However, when and how they arrived is still a mystery. Pictograph Cave State Park is a place to ...
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks manages all state parks. For more information contact: Pictograph Cave State Park, 3401 Coburn Road, Billings, MT 59101 Phone: 406-254-7342. For nearly 10,000 years Pictograph Cave State Park was used by humans who left drawings on the walls and signs of daily life in the caves.
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The park has paved trails to the caves, with interpretative displays along the route identifying and explaining the natural features, the prehistoric paintings and vegetation found in the area. The Pictograph Cave is the deepest of the three main caves, at approximately 160 feet wide and 45 feet deep.
