Buffalo Mirage Fishing Access

Yellowstone River · river mile 171.1 · Laurel, Montana

Buffalo Mirage is a Montana FWP fishing access site on the Yellowstone River near Laurel, at river mile 171.1, with a boat ramp. 1 published float start or end here.

FWP access site

Buffalo Mirage

Last access above the Clarks Fork confluence.

FacilityRamp (Gravel)
LaunchBoat ramp
FWP activitiesBoating, Fishing, Hunting
River mile171.12
Coordinates45.61282, -108.84206

Driving directions · Facts from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks.

Floats from Buffalo Mirage

ToRiver milesShuttle drive
Duck Creek Bridge12.534 min

Shuttle drive is the measured road route between the two ramps. Each float page has its float time at today’s flow and for every month.

Nearest access

UpstreamHomestead Isle · 2.1 mi · no launch listed
DownstreamDuck Creek Bridge · 12.5 mi · boat ramp

The river here

On a typical day the river here peaks in June at about 19,090 cfs and is lowest in February, near 1,670 cfs. By September it usually runs 2,414–3,795 cfs. No gauge measures the river here, so these are the typical flows of the gauges upstream added together — an estimate, checked against Billings. Flow by month has the full record.

Plan a float from here
Check current Montana FWP regulations and site notices before you go. How every number here is made.