Anaconda Smelter Stack (Anaconda Smoke Stack State Park)
Formerly Anaconda Smoke Stack State Park
State park with a viewing site and interpretive signs for the 585-foot brick stack left by the Anaconda Copper Company smelter, which closed in 1980. You see the stack from a distance only.
Ways to visit
Viewing site and interpretive signs (self-guided) Open
- What you see
- View from outside, Groundsfwp.mt.gov (agency or tourism page), 2026-11-06
- How
- Walk infwp.mt.gov (agency or tourism page), 2026-11-06
- When
- MonTueWedThuFriSatSunOpen daily all year, daylight hours. Normal hours may not apply during a special restriction or closure; the state posts a current list of restrictions and closures.Closed: Restrictions or closures can apply for flood, fire, drought or maintenancefwp.mt.gov (agency or tourism page), 2026-11-06
- Booking
- Not required · same day possibleNo booking is mentioned; this is an open viewing site.fwp.mt.gov (agency or tourism page), 2026-11-06
- Cost
- Not stated on the official pageThe page has a park fees heading but gives no amount for this site.fwp.mt.gov (agency or tourism page), 2026-11-06
- Requirements
- Photography: Yes. The stack may be viewed and photographed from a distance.
About
The park is a viewing site near Goodman Park from which visitors see the smelter stack, finished in 1919 and 585 feet tall, a remnant of the Anaconda Copper Company works. Signs at the site explain the stack's history and the smelter's closure in 1980. The stack may be viewed and photographed only from a distance. The page lists the park as open daily in daylight hours, subject to closures.
Run by: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks.
Getting there
100 Smelter Road, Anaconda, MT, 59711
The viewing site is by Goodman Park at the edge of Anaconda. The stack itself is seen from a distance only.
The pin marks the site itself, not necessarily the entrance (46.12319, -112.93143). Apple Maps directions go to the street address instead. Show on our map · Google Maps · Apple Maps
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (Butte): 406-224-0833
Last checked 2026-11-06. Sources are listed below.
Sources
- fwp.mt.gov/stateparks/anaconda-smoke-stack · official page, official tourism or agency page · read 2026-11-06For: name; street address; location; who runs it; phone and email; Viewing site and interpretive signs (self-guided): open or closed; Viewing site and interpretive signs (self-guided): what you see; Viewing site and interpretive signs (self-guided): kind of visit; Viewing site and interpretive signs (self-guided): days and hours; Viewing site and interpretive signs (self-guided): booking; Viewing site and interpretive signs (self-guided): cost; Viewing site and interpretive signs (self-guided): requirements
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