This is a list of hillside letters (also known as mountain monograms) in the U.S. state of Montana. There are at least hillside letters, acronyms, and messages in the state. While western Montana provides plenty of mountains to support these monograms, many towns in the eastern prairie have also placed them on whatever hill they can find.

Existing letters

Monogram Town Description Location A (with graduating class year) Absarokee A Alberton A (with graduating class year) Anaconda A Arlee A Avon A (with graduating class year) Augusta Augusta School District B Dillon Beaverhead County High School B Bainville B Belfry B (with graduating class year) Belt Belt Public Schools B Bloomfield B Bozeman Bozeman High School B Bridger B Broadus B (with graduating class year) Broadview Broadview Grade and High School B (Previously BHS with graduating class year) Brockton Brockton School District C (With graduating class years painted nearby) Ekalaka Carter County High School Not visible in aerial imagery C (With graduating class year) Cascade C (with graduating class year) Centerville Centerville High School C Anaconda Anaconda High School C Charlo C (With thirty-year reunion class year) Choteau Choteau High School C Circle C Columbus C Corvallis C Culbertson CMR (With graduating class year)Great Falls C.M. Russell High School D Darby Darby High School D (With graduating class year) Denton D Sčilíp D Drummond D Dutton E Ennis E Ellistion F Fallon F Lewistown Fergus High School F Kalispell Flathead High School F Flaxville Flaxville Public Schools (closed in 2006) F Forsyth F Foy Lake F Frazer F Frenchtown FB (with graduating class year) Ft. Benton Fish Livingston Blue Ribbon Fishing Tours G Gardiner G (with graduating class year) Geraldine G Geyser G Glasgow G Philipsburg Granite High School GR Grass Range GF Great Falls Great Falls High School H Hamilton H Harlowton H (with graduating class year) Havre Havre High School H Havre Havre High School H Helena H Highwood H Hinsdale H Hot Springs H Hysham J Jackson (uncertain location) J Boulder Jefferson High School J Joliet J Jordan JG Judith Gap K Klein L (rock) Lavina L (painted) Lavina Not visible in aerial imagery L Libby L Lima L (with graduating class year) Lincoln Lincoln Public Schools L Lockwood Lockwood High School L Eureka Lincoln County High School L Missoula Loyola High School M Melstone M St. Ignatius Mission High School M (Originally an A)https://outsidebozeman.com/places/cities-towns/letter-the-land#:~:text=The%20Facts%20on%20Bozeman's%20M&text=“A”%20(as%20in%20“,on%20the%20mountainside%20came%20later. Bozeman Montana State University M Butte Montana Tech, built 1910 M Missoula University of Montana, built 1909 M Dillon University of Montana Western Montana State Prison Deer Lodge Montana State Prison Morning Star (Cheyenne Symbol) Lame Deer Northern Cheyenne N Nashua N Havre Montana State University Northern P Livingston Park High School PC Park City P Plains P Polson P (With graduating class year) Deer Lodge Powell County High School Peace Symbol Missoula Jeannette Rankin RL Red Lodge R Redstone R Reed Point R Roberts R Rosebud R Roy R Ryegate S Scobey Scobey Schools S Shelby S Sheridan Sheridan K-12 Schools S Stanford S Superior SGHS Big Timber Sweet Grass County High School S Billings Skyview High School T Terry T Three Forks T Troy Troy High School TB Twin Bridges TF Thompson Falls U Ulm UUtica46.9693°N 110.0945°W V Victor W Deer Lodge Powell County HS Wardens W Westby W Whitehall W Wibaux Wibaux County High School W Windham W Winifred W Winnett WP (With graduating class year) Wolf Point

Missing or Unmaintained Letters

Monogram Town Description Location A (now an M)https://outsidebozeman.com/places/cities-towns/letter-the-land#:~:text=The%20Facts%20on%20Bozeman's%20M&text=“A”%20(as%20in%20“,on%20the%20mountainside%20came%20later. Bozeman Montana A&M (now Montana State University) C (no longer exists) Helena Carroll College C (uncertain existence) Colstrip (uncertain location) D (uncertain existence) Glendive Dawson County High School (uncertain location) F (uncertain existence) Fromberg (uncertain location) H (no longer exists) Missoula Hellgate High School (uncertain location) KG (uncertain existence) Gildford Kremlin-Gildford High School (closed) (uncertain location) L (no longer exists) Lewistown (uncertain location) M (uncertain existence) Malta (uncertain location) R (no longer exists) Billings Rocky Mountain College (uncertain location) R (uncertain existence) Roundup (uncertain location) R (uncertain existence) Saint Regis (uncertain location) S (no longer exists) Missoula Sentinel High School

Sources

External links

Mountain Monograms, a website explaining the origins and with an incomplete list and pictures Hillside Letters, a companion website to a book on the subject Letters on Hills, a category on waymarking.com for geocachers Modern Geoglyphs, a compilation of geoglyphs in Montana with photos and maps