[1] The range was named in honor of future President of the United States, then U.S. Secretary of State James Madison by Meriwether Lewis as the Lewis and Clark Expedition travelled through Montana in 1805.

[2] The Madison Range is the westernmost section of what is collectively referred to as the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.

A small portion of the range has been further protected with the creation of the Lee Metcalf Wilderness.

Most other larger mammal species native to the region continue to exist in the range.

[3] Yellow Mule is a Remote Automated Weather Station on Buck Ridge, located 7.5 miles (12.1 km) north of Big Sky Meadow Village.