Freezout Lake, Montana, United States
5.0 (4 reviews) Spent Ranking #4 in Choteau Bodies of Water • Nature & Wildlife Areas
A Prairie Jewel
Freezeout Lake is Montana's primary snow goose staging area, a place where as many as 300,000 snow geese and 10,000 tundra swans gather and rest before flying onward. In Spring, the snow geese head for Alberta and central Saskatchewan in Canada. There they mass with hundreds of thousands of other snow geese from Texas and other Gulf Coast States. In a series of shorter flights, the geese then make their way to nesting grounds on the wind swept, extreme northwest Arctic coast of Canada. The Snow Geese usually reach Freezeout Lake in early March, where they rest up from a nearly 1,000 mile flight from California. Best viewing of the birds is from sunrise to 10:00am and from 4:30pm until sunset. Binoculars, telescopes, a light lunch, and possibly warm clothing will make your viewing more enjoyable.
Address
, Choteau, Montana, United States, Postal Code: 59422.
Website
http://www.visitmt.com/listings/general/lake/freezeout-lake.html
Current local date and time now
Sunday, May 12, 2024, 21:29
User Ratings
5.0 based on (4 reviews)
Reviews
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5Richard F 5:00 PM Aug 6, 2018
A Prairie Jewel
Freezeout Lake is Montana's primary snow goose staging area, a place where as many as 300,000 snow geese and 10,000 tundra swans gather and rest before flying onward. In Spring, the snow geese head for Alberta and central Saskatchewan in Canada. There they mass with hundreds of thousands of other snow geese from Texas and other Gulf Coast States. In a series of shorter flights, the geese then make their way to nesting grounds on the wind swept, extreme northwest Arctic coast of Canada. The Snow Geese usually reach Freezeout Lake in early March, where they rest up from a nearly 1,000 mile flight from California. Best viewing of the birds is from sunrise to 10:00am and from 4:30pm until sunset. Binoculars, telescopes, a light lunch, and possibly warm clothing will make your viewing more enjoyable.
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5CritterSpotter 5:00 PM Jan 25, 2023
Best place for beautiful sunsets and bird pictures
I love going to Freezeout during birding season. The swans and geese are just awesome to watch. If you are outside of your vehicle when the snows lift off, beware of the flying goose poop!!! If you're lucky, you will see all of the bald and golden eagles when they pass through every few years. Over 40 of them in a grove of trees a few years back. There are Sandhill Cranes, Blue Herons, Short Eared Owls, Great Horned Owls, different duck species, whitetail and muley deer. You may luck out and see the random bear or moose pass through. You will get the most beautiful sunset pictures there too if you catch it just right. If it rains, don't drive the roads unless you want to get stuck in a smelly, greasy gumbo.
