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.
Driving directions · Facts from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks.
Floats from Buffalo Mirage
| To | River miles | Shuttle drive |
|---|---|---|
| Duck Creek Bridge | 12.5 | 34 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
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