Smith River State Recreational Waterway

Smith River State Recreational Waterway
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
Floating the Smith River in April 2010.
Location	Meagher County and Cascade County, Montana, U.S.
Nearest city	Ulm, Montana (Eden Bridge end); White Sulphur Springs, Montana (Camp Baker end)
Coordinates	46°57′3.6792″N 111°16′13.98″W / 46.951022000°N 111.2705500°W / 46.951022000; -111.2705500
Area	58.9 miles (94.8 km) (river length); 51 acres (0.21 km2) (Camp Baker); 4.47 acres (0.0181 km2) (Eden Bridge); 797 acres (3.23 km2) (Smith River corridor land)
Visitors	6,106 (in 2023)[1]
Governing body	Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks

Smith River State Recreational Waterway, popularly known as the Smith River State Park, is a protected river corridor and "virtual park" owned and operated by the state of Montana in the United States. The site is not officially a state park, but rather a State Recreational Waterway and managed River Corridor. The park consists of the state-owned Smith River; a Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) put-in access point, Camp Baker; 27 FWP-owned and -leased boat camps on the shore of the river; and the FWP-owned Eden Bridge take-out point. Little of the area is owned by FWP. Much of the surrounding shoreline is owned by the United States Forest Service, United States Bureau of Land Management, and private owners. Through management agreements with other government agencies and private landowners, FWP manages the 58.9-mile (94.8 km) Smith River Corridor as a "virtual state park". The Smith River is the only river in the state of Montana where a permit is required to boat or float on the river.