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Bighorn Memorial, Garryowen - Montana
Bighorn Memorial, Garryowen
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Elkhorn hot springs
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  • EllenH
  • By EllenH on January 9, 2005
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  • The pool - Montana
    The pool
    by EllenH
    In the summer it is cool enough in the morning and high enough in elevation to enjoy the hot water and the other nearby attractions. In the winter, they have miles of groomed cross country ski trail and there is nothing better after cross country skiing then hot springs!
    They also have rooms, cabins, and a very cool lodge/restaurant.

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  • Address: Polaris Montana
  • Directions: 13 miles north on the Pioneer Mountains scenic byway.
  • Website: http://www.elkhornhotsprings.com/hotsprings.htm
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    Road Trip
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  • By EllenH on September 6, 2004
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  • Paradise valley - Montana
    Paradise valley
    by EllenH
    Montana is a huge, not very populated state so flying into one place and staying there would hardly give you the feel for what we are about. One of the roads out of Yellowstone National Park is from North Yellowstone to Livingston through the Paradise valley. (oh yea home to the rich and famous but ignore that) I am always amazed when I see the Paradise valley by not only how beautiful it is but how unpopulated it is. There are miles and miles of open gorgeous space.

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  • Address: South of Livingston, north of Yellowstone.
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    Symes hot springs
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  • By EllenH on July 20, 2004
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  • Soaking it up - Montana
    Soaking it up
    by EllenH
    This is an old hotel restored to the original 30's look and feel. The bedrooms are all art deco furniture and it has a very comfortable lobby where everyone hangs out. I did not want this under hotels because going to the Symes is not about a place to stay, it is an adventure in itself. The mineral water is the best I have ever been in and I try to find hot springs wherever I go. They have good music on Saturday nights and it is very inexpensive.

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  • Address: 209 Wall st, Hot Springs, Montana
  • Phone: 406-741-2361
  • Directions: Hot Springs is a very small town in the middle of the Flathead Indian reservation. The Symes is one of its main attractions.
  • Website: http://www.ronan.net/~hscofc/symes.htm
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    Pompeys Pillar
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  • Yaqui
  • Updated By Yaqui on July 11, 2004
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  • "The place where the mountain
    lion lies."
    by Yaqui
    William Clark had nicked named Sacajawea son Jean Baptiste - "Pomp", a Shoshoni word for Chief. And is was on this returning trip Lewis and Clark split up, with Clark taking the Yellowstone River. They encountered the most impressive sandstone butte beside the river on July 25, 1806.

    Clark wrote in his journal,

    "This rock which I shall call "Pompy's Tower" is 200 feet and 400 paces in secumpherance.....the nativs have ingraved on the face...the figures of animals and near which I marked my name and the day of the month & year."

    For many years thereof, "Pompeys Pillar" became the landmark for people traveling westward that left their signatures too for their loved ones to know they had survived the trip and to note the trail they were on.

    Rates & Fees
    $3.00 per vehicle (Day)
    $25.00 per bus or group
    Admission is free with Golden Age, Golden Access, and Golden Eagle Passports.

    Seasons / Hours
    Memorial Weekend through Labor Day: 8:00 am - 8:00 pm daily
    Labor Day through September 30: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

    Walk in traffic permitted during the off season. Please respect your cultural heritage.

    Fishing on the Yellowstone River at Pompeys Pillar National Monument allowed with a valid Montana State Fishing License.

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  • Phone: 406-875-2233/406-896-5013
  • Directions: 25 miles east of Billings, Montana. The area is easily accessible from Interstate 94, using exit 23, or from State Highway 312.
  • Website: http://www.pompeyspillar.org/
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    Grab the brass ring....
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  • By EllenH on July 25, 2004
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  • A Carousel for Missoula - Montana
    A Carousel for Missoula
    by EllenH
    Ok this may seem kind of hokey to some but if you are in Missoula you really should check out the carousel. A carousel for Missoula is the first fully hand carved carousel to be built in the U.S. since the depression. Volunteers from Missoula and around spent thousands of hours carving, painting, sanding, restoring mechanical parts, and fund raising to construct one of the fastest carousels in the country (and it is fast). And it is fun for big and small kids alike and they really do have the brass ring thing.

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  • Address: 101 carousel drive, Caras park, Missoula
  • Phone: 406-549-8382
  • Directions: Downtown on the Clark Fork river.
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    Blogett overlook
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  • Updated By EllenH on July 20, 2004
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  • looking into blogett canyon - Montana
    looking into blogett canyon
    by EllenH
    This is only a ten minute drive from down town Hamilton and the hike up the overlook is a relatively easy 45 minute hike so just about anyone can handle it, the view from the top is spectacular.

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  • Address: Hamilton west side
  • Directions: its huge, kind of hard to miss, or just ask anyone on the street.
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    Flathead Lake
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  • By EllenH on January 8, 2005
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  • east side Flathead Lake - Montana
    east side Flathead Lake
    by EllenH
    On the way to Glacier is Flathead Lake. There is camping and fishing, cherries in July, one of Montanas few wineries on the west side of the lake, parasailing, canoeing, etc....It is a very beautiful part of Montana.

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  • Address: north of Missoula, south of Kalispell
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    Clark's Signature In Stone
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  • Updated By Yaqui on July 26, 2004
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  • Click on it to see the signature! - Montana
    Click on it to see the
    signature!
    by Yaqui
    Clark wrote in his journal,

    "This rock which I shall call "Pompy's Tower" is 200 feet and 400 paces in secumpherance.....the nativs have ingraved on the face...the figures of animals and near which I marked my name and the day of the month & year."

    For many years thereof, "Pompeys Pillar" became the landmark for people traveling westward that left their signatures too for their loved ones to know they had survived the trip and to note the trail they were on.

    William Clark had nicked named Sacajawea son Jean Baptiste - "Pomp", a Shoshoni word for Chief. And is was on this returning trip Lewis and Clark split up, with Clark taking the Yellowstone River. They encountered the most impressive sandstone butte beside the river on July 25, 1806.

    Rates & Fees
    $3.00 per vehicle (Day)
    $25.00 per bus or group
    Admission is free with Golden Age, Golden Access, and Golden Eagle Passports.

    Seasons / Hours
    Memorial Weekend through Labor Day: 8:00 am - 8:00 pm daily
    Labor Day through September 30: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

    Walk in traffic permitted during the off season. Please respect your cultural heritage.

    Fishing on the Yellowstone River at Pompeys Pillar National Monument allowed with a valid Montana State Fishing License.

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  • Phone: 406-875-2233/406-896-5013
  • Directions: 25 miles east of Billings, Montana. The area is easily accessible from Interstate 94, using exit 23, or from State Highway 312.
  • Website: http://www.pompeyspillar.org/
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    Cooke City, the end or the beginning?
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  • Updated By melissa_bel on December 14, 2004
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  • Cooke City and Soda Butte - Montana
    Cooke City and Soda Butte
    by melissa_bel
    Cooke City is an old mining town and the end of the highway. Dominated by the towering Soda Butte, this sleepy little town offers a rest for the traveller and his one of the access to Yellowstone National Park. Coffee can be drunk, bikes can be rented... a few miles further, you will reach Silver Gates and the entrance of Yellowstone National Park.
    For the rest of the story, visit my Yellowstone page and for more pictures, go check my album!

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    Hike to the Glaciers.
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  • Updated By dabidc on June 17, 2005
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  • View across Swiftcurrent lake. - Montana
    View across Swiftcurrent lake.
    by dabidc
    The activity includes several photos taken during a hike in the Many Glacier Valley part of Glacier national park.

    In conjunction with the main photo of the hotel. There are two choices, one is to hike around the south end of Swifcurrent lake, the one outside the hotel or you can take the morning boat across the lake, cross over a small col and continue across Josephine lake, then climb up to the path to the Glaciers.

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  • Address: Many Glacier Valley .Montana.
  • Website: www.nps.gov/glac/
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