Places to visit in Montana

Helena, Butte & Southwest Montana

Anaconda

Smelter town under a 585-foot brick stack, gateway to the Pintler Scenic Loop

Bozeman & Big Sky

Big Sky

Ski and summer resort under Lone Mountain, between Bozeman and Yellowstone

Glacier National Park & the Flathead Valley

Bigfork

Arts village where the Swan River meets Flathead Lake's north-east shore

Billings & Southeast Montana

Billings

Montana's largest city, near Pictograph Cave and Pompeys Pillar

Bozeman & Big Sky

Bozeman

College town with the state's busiest airport, a dinosaur museum and a ski hill

Helena, Butte & Southwest Montana

Butte

Copper-mining city on the Continental Divide: headframes and the Berkeley Pit

Glacier National Park & the Flathead Valley

Columbia Falls

Former aluminium town on the Flathead River, 17 miles from Glacier

Yellowstone Gateways & the Beartooths

Cooke City

Snowy hamlet at Yellowstone's Northeast Entrance and the Beartooth Highway

Helena, Butte & Southwest Montana

Dillon

Beaverhead County ranch town and base for Bannack and Beaverhead River trout

Helena, Butte & Southwest Montana

Ennis

Ranch and fly-fishing town on the Madison River, near Virginia City

Yellowstone Gateways & the Beartooths

Gardiner

Gateway town at Yellowstone's North Entrance, the one open to cars all year

Missouri River Country & Fort Peck Lake

Glasgow

Hi-Line railroad town and gateway to Fort Peck Lake and Fort Peck Dam