Fort Peck Interpretive Center

  Fort Peck Dam, a New Deal Public Works Administration project, is the largest hydraulically filled dam in the US. At the project’s peak in July 1936 10,546 workers were employed. Temporary boomtowns sprang up to house the men with families who couldn’t stay in the dormitories. Along with interesting exhibits about building the dam, the interpretive center also has a large aquarium with native and game fish, and life sized casts of dinosaur and sea creature fossils found in Montana.

     Several miles of paved trail wind along the river and around small ponds.

        

   The museum is accessible. The door to the overlook locks when closed and the exterior push button does not work. If that happens follow the path to the east to get back to the parking lot. The paved path has a hill and uneven high spots so wheelchair users made need assistance.

   The parking lot has long bus/RV spaces. Center 48.00949, -106.42048