Anaconda Smoke Stack State Park

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Region 2 | Gold West Country

Anaconda Stack - Anaconda smoke stack in Region two

Smelter Stack Base - One can begin to grasp the large scale of the Smelter Stack when a car sits at its base.

Ananconda Smelter Stack - The Smelter Stack can be seen from anywhere in Anaconda.

Anaconda Smelter Stack - The Smelter Stack stands 585 feet tall.

Anaconda Smelter Stack State Park - Anaconda Smelter Stack is the tallest free-standing brick structure in the world (585 feet).


Open:	Jan 1—Dec 31
Size:	12 acres
Elevation:	5758 ft
Nearest Town:	Anaconda

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The old Anaconda Copper Company smelter stack, completed in 1919, is one of the tallest free-standing brick structures in the world at 585 feet. The inside diameter is 75 feet at bottom, tapering to 60 feet at the top. In comparision, the Washington Monument is 555 feet tall.

The stack dominates the landscape like the Company once dominated the area's economic life. Since the smelter closed in 1980, the stack has become a symbol of the challenges that face communities dependent on finite resources.

Listed in the National Register of Historic Places, the stack may be viewed and photographed only from a distance. Interpretive signs that detail its history are located in the viewing site near Goodman Park.

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The viewing site for the Anaconda Stack is located at the junction of Park Street (MT Highway 1) and Monroe Street at the eastern edge of Anaconda. The site is adjacent to Goodman Park. Access is limited to the viewing/interpretive area only. (Lat 46.11, Lng -112.914)