Haystack Butte from Fairview Mountain

Conical Haystack Butte rises dramatically above the interface between the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountain Front in this view from the summit of Fairview Mountain. The pond and buildings of the Hidden Valley ranch are visible at lower center with the rocky notch at the southern end of Lime Ridge just beyond. At upper left, above Nilan Reservoir, the trio of Shaw, Square, and Crown buttes can be seen on the horizon in the direction of Great Falls.