Category: Vacations
Harlowton/Big Timber/McLeod ESTIMATED LENGTH: 65 miles highlights: Crazy Mountain Museum, Greycliff Prairie Dog Town State Park, Natural Bridge and Falls, Melville Lutheran church, Judith Gap Wind Farm Getting there: …
A Montana Primer History, Geography, and Driving In our ethnocentric world, the calendar shows Montana’s birth date as November 8, 1889, when after 25 years as a territory the …
Columbus (pop. 1,990) sits in pretty pine and cottonwood bottoms along the Yellowstone River, a working-class town along the railroad and interstate dominated by a smelter and refinery. One …
WHERE THE GALLERIES HAVE NO NAME Melbourne can be such a show-off when it comes to its cultural (or in this case, subcultural) credentials, but Hobart has her fair …
For those who have traversed it, the Gravelly Range Road evokes a certain reverence. What makes this adventure on gravel unusual even for Montana is that about half of …
Silver gate: A personal favorite is the woodsy Pine Edge Cabins ($$/$$$, 406-838-2371), the only year-round lodging in this one-block village. The remodeled units are part of a collection …
This worthwhile drive explores the hidden world of the Tobacco Root Mountains, a burly range that’s relatively unappreciated compared to the nearby Madison, Pioneer, and Pintler Mountains, despite its …
Plevna (pop. 182) is only slightly more vibrant, but the town named for Bulgarian railroad workers does have a bar and small store, though any fuel needs for your …
Big Sky Backcountry Byway TERRY TO WOLF POINT ESTIMATED LENGTH: 105 miles estimated time: 3 hours to 2 days Highlights: Terry Badlands, Cameron Gallery, Prairie County Museum, McCone County …
ESTIMATED LENGTH: 95 miles highlights: Historical Museum at Fort Missoula, Elk Country Visitor Center, Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge, St. Mary’s Mission, Fort Owen, Lake Como, Lost Trail Pass, …