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~5:50 pm Mon 6 Aug, A Closest Satellite View (Year 2020) Of => Missouri River Headwaters State Park, Showing Northeast END of This High Vantage “Vista Point” On A Treeless And =>Tan Colored “Fort Rock”, Trident, MT.

SIDE NOTE: The Town Trident, MT (And Cement Manufacturing Plant), Is ~ 1 Mile Further Northeast, From This /\ Above /\Satellite View.

….ALSO IN /\ ABOVE /\ SATELLITE PHOTO, LOOK CLOSE
…….& PLEASE SEE & STUDY THE FOLLOWING =>
..(Also REMEMBER to click photo several ties to get the biggest view, & possibly use Magnifying Glass.)
….A) Seen At Left => The “Missouri River”, Meaning That The Madison River & The Jefferson River Have Already Been “Forced Together”.
….NOTE: The Curved Light Tan Area Where you see words “Missouri River”, is actually a “Sand Bar”, and the river’s water, is darker on both sides.
. … B) AND At Right Is the Gallatin River, Yet To Be “Forced Together” , Into “The Missouri River”.
… C) A Bit Left Of Center, You See “Access” Road Makes A Circle.
……1) Here note both sides of word “Access”, you can see many parking slots.
……2) To right of word “Access”, you can see White “Zig-Zag” Sidewalk, and the FACT
……….it “Zig-Zags”, means the walking is steep, up to what you can see is A Rocky
……….Treeless High Flat Area, hence it’s Name “Fort Rock”. In fact Lewis & Clark
………. Camped Here, & could well have given it this “Fort Rock” Name!!
……2) To The right of The White “Zig-Zag” Sidewalk, You can barely see The Outline of The ROOF Of The so named “Interpretive Shelter”, AND
…….3) Then following to the right, The White Sidewalk to its END =>
……….You can see A White Circle. This Is A Observation Scenic View Area,
……..4) Just a bit further to right, beyond The White Observation Circle (Use Magnifying Glass), you can make out A Rectangle, Which Just Might Be =>
….The Location AND Image of “A Scale 3D Model”, Shown In Henry Gurr’s 2002 Photos, SEE BLUE LINK BELOW..
…….5) You can notice that the Treeless Rocky Area, has many formal (and informal) walking trails over it. These Trails are here well discussed, along with Much More Good Information. Moreover, The 2nd & 3rd Photos On This Link => Show Two Photo Scenes Taken from approximately the above-mentioned “White Observation Circle Scenic View Point”, => Of Respectively
……a) A photo of => A Really Nice & Complete Interpretive Map & Discussion Display, AND
……b) A photo of => A 2nd Interpretive Sign Post, Showing What Is Seen In Four Different Directions, AND In The Distance You See => A VERY SCENIC Rocky Observation View of The Gallatin River. Click Here.

….SUMMARY => All This Very Interesting Geology In Action, May Be Studied From Vantage Point Of A High Flat Rocky Area, At River Junction Within The Missouri River Headwaters State Park, This Park is two miles Northeast of I-90 Exit at Three Forks, MT.

You May See Henry Gurr’s Photos, The Above-Mentioned High “Vista Point”, Taken In 2006. Click Next Down. . “A Scale 3D Model Of the Landscape Topology of the Three Forks Of The Missouri River. In this model you can see the => Deep sharp narrow cut in High Cliffs That Force These Rovers together, Click Here. .
NOTE1: After 13 years, Henry certainly hopes this 3D Model is still there.
NOTE2: Please REMEMBER to click any photo several times to get LARGEST view. =>Please do this with all Henry Gurr’s Gallery Photo Albums, especially 2006 photos in => A) Album you are looking at right now, B) Henry Gurr’s 2002 Photos (blue link above).

….From Three Forks MT, Henry Gurr Turns North (from I-90, onto US 287), And Thus Took A “Back Country” Montana Route to his Brother’s Home Near Glacier National Park.

….THUS Henry Gurr Here Leaves “The ZMM Route”
AND ENDING This Album of Photos of “Henry S Gurr’s July-August 2019 ZMM Route Research, => Which Included Finding & Photographing Any Changes Since His First 2002 ZMM Research, 17 Years Earlier.

ZMM Route Research Photos Continue in Album =>
….Scenes Illustrate Book => Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, A PHOTO-REPORT (5 of 5).
…. Henry Gurr’s “Book Signing Tour” & "Big Trip West, Are Now Completed, AND This NEXT PHOTO ALBUM SHOWS => Henry’s s Continued “ZMM Route Research Photos”,’ As he “Heads Back East” On His Way Home.

….AFTER You Click Link BELOW => Henry Gurr’s PHOTO-REPORT (5 of 5) Album => => ….Opens Showing A Missouri River Scene At, Winston, MT (This is 58 miles North of Three Fork, MT), Then Shows => Musselshell River Valley, Wheatland Co, MT. Then Shows => Forsythe, MT and Then =>, Continues With Photos (AND Some VERY Nice PANORAMAS), Illustrating “ZMM Route Scenes”, All The Way To Minneapolis MN.. Click Here. =>
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…. Originally Posted May 2019, Revised 9 October 2020.

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