Montana Things to Do

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Roosevelt Arch   Gardiner

Roosevelt Arch, Gardiner

 2 Reviews  Roosevelt Arch is the north entrance's gateway into Yellowstone National Park. This is the original entrance into the park. Visitors would take the train into Montana, and ride in stagecoaches to this... 

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Glaciers

by emw.weaver

Glacier National Park is a must-see when in Montana. When I went the main road wasn't completely open yet, but it was still a breathtaking experience. We hiked down the closed road to a small waterfall off the path. The shops right in beginning of the park have some amazing local artwork and crafts. There is also an information center with incredibly helpful park rangers. They taught us all about the first international peace park. I would suggest going after April. The large amount of snowfall that Montana gets can keep the main road closed until May.

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Power Maker

by emw.weaver

Visit Kerr Dam in Polson, Montana. The guys that work there are fantastic and so informative. If you call ahead, you can schedule a tour of the inside of the power station that runs the dam. It is amazing inside. You can tour the huge machinery before taking a walk down to see the dam. It was great to learn how the dams work and what an impact they make on the community we were living in. Also the water around the dam is an almost impossible aqua blue. It is gorgeous and a great site to see.

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Bison, Bison, and More Bison

by emw.weaver

The National Bison Range is quite possibly my favorite thing about Montana. Our group went there to volunteer, but got to tour the property as well. The bison are amazing and massive animals. They roamed about without a care in the world. There were some other wildlife as well including one mother badger that kept popping up.

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Symes hot springs

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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Visit Glacier National Park

by KazigluBey

The Park has some of the most breath taking natural beauty I have seen anywhere.It is very inexpensive and only cost us a few dollars to enter.The road we took was called the "Going to the Sun Highway."I can't recommend driving this road enough.We had to stop every little ways to take in the views and hike and explore!Be sure and check ahead before going there, as it is up in the Glaciers and the road is only open a couple months a year in the middle of the summer! :)

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Ghost hunting

by Dymphna1

There are several different ghost town in Montana. Garnet was just listed in 2010 as a Ghost Town. People had to be pretty tough to live here at that time.There is a $3.00 fee for entry and is done on the honor system.This is a self guided tour. Get a pamphlet and you can go in most of the buildings. Some I don't recommend going is as they don't look too stable. Camping is not allowed at the town proper, but you can camp for free anywhere else, just no facilities. Although they do rent a couple of the cabins in the winter to snowmobilers. There is one that sleeps 6 and one that sleeps 4 (very cozy). There is a wood stove for heat and propane for lights. You haul everything else.

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Logon Pass

by richiecdisc

On my first trip to Montana in 1994, it was a very big deal to drive the Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park. It was hailed as the top scenic drive in any US National Park and I must say, it did not disappoint. The winding road hugged the mountains closely and if any drive could approximate a hike, this sure seemed to be it. Stopping at Logan Pass at nearly 6700 feet was a highlight.

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Glacier National Park

by richiecdisc

Glacier National Park is a study in contrasts. While it does have what is possibly the most scenic drive of any US National Park, its most incredible spots can only be reached on foot. The park does its very best to make these spots accessible, from shuttles to shorten hikes to extremely useful free trail descriptions and sketch maps, but in the end, Glacier National Park is a vast wilderness, one that cannot be tamed. But even in a park noted for grizzlies and even their attacks, people of all walks of life are hitting the trail. Why? This has to be in part due to the rangers that man this rugged park, doling out information, rules, and warnings matter-of-factly, not so much to make them less pertinent but less frightening. We live on this planet with many creatures and as a rule, man has dominated and taken everything for himself. Glacier National Park is that rare glimpse of a world...

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Little Bighorn Battlefield

by Krumel

In 1876 at this battlefield Custer attacked the Sioux. led by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, who camped near the Bighorn River, in order to force them back into their reservation. Having seriously underestimate the number of Indians encamped there he did not have a snowball's chance in hell of winning, and in what was one of the biggest victory for the Indians against the army, Custer and his men were slaughtered in less than an hour. That's the short version, but at the visitor centre you can attend one of the ranger talks, where they will discuss the battle in much more detail, and they also have a bookshop with lots of literature. Nearby is also an Indian trading post, where you can buy Indian artifacts and souvenirs.

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Experience the cowboy lifestyle

by Krumel

For months I had been looking forward to travelling to the Dryhead Ranch for a cowboy-style horseriding holiday. We had looked at a lot of ranches on the web, but many of them seemed to be rather like leisure ranches, where they just take you on trails for the fun of it, but we were looking for more of working-type ranch, where we could participate in the ranch work, and the Dryhead Ranch seemed to be just what we were looking for. And we were not disappointed!The ranch is located in the heart of the Pryor Mountains on the Crow Indian Reserve, surrounded by an amazing scenery of mountains, canyons, prairie and rivers. It is a family-run cattle ranch, where everyone was happy to share their lifestyle with us for a week, and made us feel part of the family. The home-cooked food was delicious, the horses were well-trained, and our rooms in the bunkhouse (with shared bathrooms) were rustic,...

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Top 3 Hotels in Montana

Many Glacier Hotel  Glacier National Park

 6 Reviews and 261 Opinions  The largest of the Glacier National Park hotels. Situated near Grinnell Glacier and some incredible... 

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Brandin Iron Inn  West Yellowstone

 2 Reviews and 106 Opinions  It is an ok hotel. It is an older structure, but seems to be fairly well maintained. It seems to... 

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Quality Inn Homestead Park  Billings

 1 Review and 34 Opinions  It's been awhile since we stayed here on our way to Utah. We stayed in a room with the following; ... 

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Q:  As background, we spent 2 weeks in Yellowstone and Tetons in September of 2010. We didn't get enough of Northern Yellowstone so... 

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