Recent internal data shows $3 billion in land and other rural acreage for sale for sale in Montana. This represents 2.2 million acres of land for sale in Montana (accounting for approximately two percent of the state's land). Of the 56 counties in Montana, Yellowstone County had the most land and farms for sale. The most expensive land listed for sale in Montana on Lands of America recently was $58 million, while the median price for land, homesites and other rural acreage for sale in Montana came in at $1 million. The average price of farms, ranches and other land for sale in Montana was $3 million. There was 11,224 acres of sold land in Montana recorded in September 2018 through the Lands of America sales program. This reflects an increase in sales activity over data from August 2018. The total value of this sold land and rural real estate was $17.6 million. Yellowstone County recorded the most land sales recently in the state. Montana is home to some of the best fly-fishing in the world, not to mention serviced by some of the most unforgettable guest ranches in the country. Cast for trout in the Gold Medal waters of the Flathead or Yellowstone rivers, amidst an epic landscape that's worth every syllable of its Big Sky Country moniker. As befits a state with excellent hunting for big and small game like deer, waterfowl and wild turkey, hunting land was the most common type of land for sale in Montana. Montana is the fourth-biggest state in the United States, covering an area of 147,046 square miles (94 million acres). In its entirety, 145,546 square miles (99 percent) of the state is land, while the remaining 1,494 square miles is covered by water.