Jordan Country Circle Range and CMR Wildlife Refuge Route Scenic Drive
- Jordan ,Northeast Montana,Garfield County
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This area was dubbed “The Big Open” by the late 1800s photographer L. A. Huffman. Others have called it “The Big Dry.” Until the 1990s it was a fairly unknown area to the rest of the country when the standoff between the Federal agents and the Freeman brought it national attention. Jordan was founded in 1896 by Arthur Jordan. However, it wasn’t named after him. He asked that the town take the name of a friend in Miles City who was also named Jordan. The first building or structure in Jordan was Arthur Jordan’s tent. A post office and store were soon added and a cow town was born. The place maintains an old west flavor with its false-front buildings on Main street, many of which are over 80 years old.
This town is the gateway to some of the most remote and beautiful river canyons, badlands, and prairie wilderness in the west. Much of this rugged terrain is in the Charles M. Russell Wildlife Refuge which stretches for almost 200 miles and surrounds Fort Peck Lake. The loop route you’ll take out of here is about 227 miles long, so you should give yourself a couple of days.
Leave Jordan headed east on Highway 200 to Circle. Almost immediately you’ll see red and
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