Highlights for your visit to Montana:
- Scenic Area: Gates of the Mountains near Helena
- Natural Site: Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River in Yellowstone National Park
- Lakes & Rivers: Flathead Lake near Kalispell; Fort Peck Lake near Glasgow; Madison River near Ennis; Yellowstone River in southeastern Montana; Lake Koocanusa near Libby
- Museums: Montana Historical Society Museum in Helena; Headwaters Heritage Museum in town of Three Forks; Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyo.
- Architectural Gems: Cathedral of Saint Helena in Helena; Lake McDonald Lodge in Glacier National Park
More Highlights for your visit to Montana:
- Historical Sites: Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument near Hardin; St. Mary’s Mission, the first settlement (1841) in Montana, near Stevensville
- National Parks: Yellowstone National Park; Glacier National Park
- State Parks: Lewis and Clark Caverns; Bannack (a ghost town); Wayfarers/Flathead Lake; Giant Springs
- Nightlife: Missoula
- Scenic mountain ranges: Absaroka Mountains, drive from Belfry, Mont. to Cody, Wyo., along Montana State Highway 72 and continuing south on Wyoming State Highway 120; Bitterroot Mountains, drive south from Missoula to Hamilton, along U.S. Highway 93.
- Spectacular mountain highways: Beartooth Highway near Red Lodge; Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park
- Wildlife: Grizzly bears and gray wolves in captivity at West Yellowstone (a small town at west entrance to Yellowstone National Park) and a grizzly bear sanctuary near Bozeman; grizzly bears in captivity at ZooMontana in Billings; vast herds of buffalo in the Hayden Valley, Yellowstone National Park; antelope and mule deer on prairies of central and eastern Montana
More Highlights for your visit to Montana:
- Restaurants: Bistecca at the Granary in Billings; Blackbird Kitchen in Bozeman; On Broadway in Helena; The Pearl Café in Missoula; Dante’s Creative Cuisine in Great Falls; Uptown Café in Butte; Jagz Restaurant in Kalispell
- Western Stores: Hoglund’s Work and Western Wear in Great Falls; Western Outdoor in Kalispell
- Sports Stores: Scheels sports store in Billings; Dan Bailey’s Fly Shop in Livingston; Schnee’s on Main Street in Bozeman
- Scenic Drives: I-15, Helena to Great Falls; Montana Route 540 (near Livingston); Montana State Highway 78, Columbus to Red Lodge
- Small Towns: Bigfork; Red Lodge; Livingston; Lewistown
- Lodging: Grand Union Hotel in Fort Benton; Sage Lodge near Livingston; DoubleTree by Hilton Helena Downtown in Helena; Sacajawea Hotel in small town of Three Forks; Hotel Arvon in Great Falls; Murray Hotel in Livingston; Lake McDonald Lodge in Glacier National Park; Sunrise Inn Bed and Breakfast in Red Lodge
- Ski Areas: Red Lodge Mountain; Whitefish Mountain Resort
- Events: Montana State Fair in Great Falls; Home of Champions Rodeo in Red Lodge; Bigfork Fourth of July Parade
- Outdoor Recreation: Fly-fishing Madison River near Ennis; hiking in Glacier National Park; a stroll in Swords Park on the Rimrocks in Billings; a guided boat tour on Flathead Lake near Kalispell
- Bonus attractions: IMAX theatre in small village of West Yellowstone; Mineral Museum on campus of Montana Tech in Butte