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 Visitors to Montana are drawn there by the lure of river trips, hiking, fishing, mountain biking, skiing and snowmobiling in its wide open spaces or in its majestic mountains and superb parks, scenic drives like Beartooth Highway in Montana’s Yellowstone and the Going to the Sun Highway in Glacier National Park. They go to rediscover the wild west at Billings and Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument in Eastern Montana, for the gold rush towns and for the stately capital, Helena, and to shop in Great Falls and Missoula. Culture and history come alive everywhere through Native American powwows and music festivals, reenactments and rodeos. The thirteen stops along the Montana Dinosaur Trail allow visitors to discover its paleontological treasures. Ashland and Lame Deer in the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation has attractions which include historical buffalo jumps, burial sites of Indian chiefs and Cheyenne Indian Museum. Montana's a big state but there are enough excellent hotels and motels to fill it. Helena is a “gold nugget” for travelers seeking adventure, recreation and history. The 1864 gold strike touched off a boom era that transformed Helena into "Queen City of the Rockies" and Montana’s capital city. Downtown Helena is guarded by the imposing twin spires of St. Helena Cathedral. Outdoor recreation is abundant in the many lakes and rivers nearby Helena. Billings sits on the banks of the Yellowstone River between Yellowstone National Park and Little Bighorn Battlefield (Custer’s Last Stand) National Monument. The rich Billings history filled with names such as Lewis & Clark, Custer, Sitting Bull, Calamity Jane and others; the Western Heritage Center in Billings provides a social history of the Yellowstone Valley. MONTANA HOTELS ATTRACTIONS Ashland/Lame Deer Population centers of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, with attractions including historical buffalo jumps, burial sites of Indian chiefs and and Cheyenne Indian Museum. Beartooth Highway Located in Montana’s Yellowstone Country and one of America’s most scenic drives. Bigfork Together with the Great Bear and Scapegoat wilderness areas, the Bob Marshall Wilderness forms a contiguous wildlands complex of more than 1.5-million acres. |
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Big Sky Located in Southwest Montana just 48 miles from Yellowstone National Park in the heart of the Gallatin National Forest, Big Sky is home to unforgettable scenery, abundant wildlife and recreation: trails for hiking, mountain biking and horseback riding, while the Gallatin River calls whitewater enthusiasts and fly fishermen. Winter offers two downhill ski areas, and the top Nordic ski center in North America, along with sleigh ride dinners, dogsled adventures, and local seasonal festivals. BIG SKY HOTELS
In 1806 Captain William Clark carved his name on the sandstone Pompeys Pillar butte – the only remaining physical evidence along the trail of the Lewis & Clark Expedition. The remains of a prehistoric culture are preserved at the Pictograph Cave State Park. Yellowstone Art Museum has western and contemporary art exhibits. BILLINGS HOTELS Bozeman The American Computer Museum is devoted entirely to the computer while the Emerson Cultural Center is an historic building used for visual and performing arts. The Museum of the Rockies is a natural history museum and home of the Taylor Planetarium. BOZEMAN HOTELS Butte Steeped in mining history as the 1880s Copper King Mansion and the World Museum of Mining attest. BUTTE HOTELS Chinook Bear Paw Battlefield is the site of the surrender of Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce Indians. Choteau Located on US Hwy 89 on the east slope of the Rocky Mountains, Choteau offers a variety of recreation activities. The Lewis & Clark National Forest and the Bob Marshall Wilderness are accessible by several trails. For outdoor adventure there is hiking, horseback riding, camping, rock climbing, skiing and snowmobiling. This area is also known world-wide for its paleontology. The Old Trail Museum, one of the sites along the Montana Dinosaur Trail, showcases dinosaurs of the Two Medicine formation. Columbus The Museum of the Beartooths is located in the red Northern Pacific caboose. COLUMBUS HOTELS Culbertson The fascinating history of the "Old West" is in evidence at the Culbertson Museum and at Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site, a prominent fur trading post in the 1800s. Deer Lodge The historic Montana Prison is here. Other attractions include Frontier Montana with a Western and saloon memorabilia collection, the Grant Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site, headquarters for an 1800s cattle empire, the Montana Law Enforcement Museum and more than 1,000 dolls and toys spanning a century at Yesterday’s Playthings. Dillon Bannack State Park, the site of Montana’s first major gold strike in 1862, is now a preserved ghost town. Visitors can explore southwestern Montana history at the Beaverhead County Museum. DILLON HOTELS Drummond Near Drummond, Garnet Ghost Town was named for the ruby colored stones found there. Ekalaka Home to the Carter County Museum with its rare dinosaur skeleton and paleontological exhibits. Weathering has given the soft sandstone rock formations at Medicine Rocks State Park a honeycomb look. Flathead Valley The Flathead Lake State Park borders Flathead Lake, the largest freshwater lake in the West. The Flathead National Wild and Scenic River is one of the nation’s longest wild and scenic river systems. The six state parks located in and around Flathead Lake are Big Arm, Finley Point, West Shore, Wayfarers, Yellow Bay and Wild Horse Island. Fort Benton This Missouri River town has a colorful frontier history, much of it expressed at the Museum of the Upper Missouri and at the Museum of the Northern Great Plains, Montana’s agricultural museum. FORT BENTON HOTELS Fort Peck Dam and Lake Tours, boating, fishing and wildlife viewing. The Charles M. Russell and the UL Bend National Wildlife Refuges encompass a million acres of wildlands surrounding Fort Peck reservoir. Gardiner The only year-round, drive-in entrance to Yellowstone National Park. GARDINER HOTELS Garryowen Home of the historic Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the Custer Battlefield Museum and Sitting Bull’s campsite where the Battle of the Little Bighorn began. Glacier National Park This park joins Waterton Lakes National Park in Canada to create the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park. Glendive Fossil remains are preserved at Makoshika State Park . The frontier Gateway Museum features Plains Indians history and culture. GLENDIVE HOTELS Great Falls Located in Montana’s Russell Country, Great Falls is Montana’s second-largest city, and home of cowboy artist Charlie Russell whose original home and log studio are now part of the CM Russell Museum Complex . GREAT FALLS HOTELS Other attractions include the Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail Interpretive Center on a bluff overlooking Black Eagle Falls, and the Ulm Pishkun State Park which was a prehistoric bison kill site with a mile-long buffalo jump. Hardin There are plenty of recreational opportunities at the nearby Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area with talks on the battle and related themes at Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument. The Crow Indian Reservation & Crow Fair is renowned as the tipi capital of he world. Havre The "Havre Beneath the Streets" tour explores a recreation of history which includes a Chinese laundry, a bordello, opium den and bakery. Other attractions inlcude Fort Assinniboine, the largest military fort west of the Mississippi when it was constructed in 1879, and the Wahkpa Chu’gn Archaeology Site was a bison kill site. HAVRE HOTELS
Other attractions include St. Helena Cathedral, modeled after the cathedral in Cologne, Germany, and Kleffner Ranch, a unique ranch property with an octagonal stone house. HELENA HOTELS Kalispell The heart of the Rocky Mountain wild lands. The Hockaday Museum of Art is housed in the 1903 Carnegie Library building, one of the many historic buildings in Kalispell. Conrad Mansion was built in 1895 by a Montana pioneer and founder of Kalispell. KALISPELL HOTELS Lewistown This is the headquarters for the C.M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge. LEWISTOWN HOTELS Livingston Downtown Livingston is a designated historic district which encompasses 436 buildings. LIVINGSTON HOTELS Malta The Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge is a major resting area for migrating waterfowl. For local history and a dinosaur exhibit there’s Phillips County Museum. Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge Located in Montana’s Missouri River Country and home to the largest white pelican colony in Montana. Missoula In Montana’s Glacier Country, Missoula lies at the head of five scenic valleys and at the junction of three great rivers. Anything there is to know about carousels is found at A Carousel for Missoula, there is western Montana history to explore at the Historical Museum. MISSOULA HOTELS About 400 to 500 buffalo roam nearly 19,000 acres of natural grassland on the National Bison Range and there are elk and natural history displays at the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Wildlife Visitor Center. Monida Here Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge is an important nesting area for the rare trumpeter swan. Poplar Located on the Fort Peck Indian reservation, Poplar is home to the Assiniboine and Sioux tribes, and offers plenty of Indian culture at the Poplar Museum and Tribal Museum. Pryor Chief Plenty Coups State Park is the home and burial site of the last chief of the Crow tribe. A museum and exhibits interpret Crow culture. Ronan Located in the scenic Mission Valley, Ronan offers area history at the Garden of the Rockies Museum. Nearby is the Ninepipes Museum of Early Montana and the Ninepipes Wildlife Refuge. RONAN HOTELS Seeley Lake There is wildlife viewing at Placid Lake and Salmon Lake state parks. Stevensville Here the Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge provides habitat for nesting ospreys and other birds and wildlife. Upper Missouri National Wild and Scenic River stretches 149 miles downriver from Fort Benton. Highlights include the scenic White Cliffs area, Citadel rock, Hole in the Wall, Lewis and Clark Camp at Slaughter River, abandoned homesteads and abundant wildlife. Virginia City/Nevada City Two authentically preserved and restored mining camps from the 1860s gold rush era. West Yellowstone This is Yellowstone Park’s most popular gateway. Grizzly Discovery Center – A Bear and Wolf Preserve is an educational facility devoted to the preservation of these threatened animals. WEST YELLOWSTONE HOTELS Whitefish A resort town well placed for visiting Glacier Park. WHITEFISH HOTELS Whitehall Lewis and Clark Caverns State Park features highly decorated limestone caverns. WHITEHALL HOTELS White Sulphur Springs Visitors can enjoy the mineralized hot springs (The Spa Hot Springs) but the town is also full of western flavor. Weathered buildings are all that remain of the 1880s silver mining boom at the nearby Ghost Town of Castle. Wisdom Big Hole National Battlefield is the site of the tragic engagement between the non-treaty bands of the Nez Perce and the 7th U.S. Infantry. Photo courtesy Travel Montana/Donnie Sexton |
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