Jack Creek Preserve is located in Madison County, Montana between Ennis and Big Sky in the Madison Mountains. The property is comprised of 4500 acres that join two sections of the Lee Metcalf Wilderness and is protected by a Conservation Easement held by Montana Land Reliance.

The property is accessible along Jack Creek Road, a private, gated road owned and managed by Moonlight Basin. A road pass is required to access the road.

The Jack Creek Trail (6317) travels through the Preserve south to Forest Service and Wilderness. This trail has a Forest Service Easement on it, therefore it is open to the public year-round.

Jack Creek Preserve Foundation and the 4,500 acres that make up the Preserve are primarily located on the homelands of the Salish, Shoshone-Bannock, Apsáalooke (Crow), Tséstho’e (Cheyenne), Niitsitapi (Blackfoot), Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla tribes.

We acknowledge these peoples as the original inhabitants and stewards of this place, we honor their continuing relationship with this land, and express our gratitude for their past, present and future roles as caretakers of these lands.

Jack Creek Preserve Foundation

Jack Creek Preserve offers educational and conservation programs to connect wilderness, wildlife and people. The 4,500 acre Preserve provides a vital connection between two units of the Lee Metcalf Wilderness, extending critical wildlife habitat from Yellowstone National Park through the Madison Range and northward.

Summer camps, Montana youth summer camps, wilderness camps, outdoor education, camping, campground, hiking, cabins, education facility, outdoor education facility, archery range, archery instruction, hunting, elk hunting, wildlife preserve, wildlife watching, conservation, fan mountain.

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Jack Creek Preserve Foundation and the 4,500 acres that make up the Preserve are primarily located on the homelands of the Salish, Shoshone-Bannock, Apsáalooke (Crow), Tséstho’e (Cheyenne), Niitsitapi (Blackfoot), Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla tribes.

We acknowledge these peoples as the original inhabitants and stewards of this place, we honor their continuing relationship with this land, and express our gratitude for their past, present and future roles as caretakers of these lands.

Jack Creek Preserve Foundation