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Places to visit in Helena, Butte & Southwest Montana

7 towns, cities and natural areas we have written up in Helena, Butte & Southwest Montana, with our picks first.

Anaconda from the hillside above town

Helena, Butte & Southwest Montana

Anaconda

Smelter town under a 585-foot brick stack, gateway to the Pintler Scenic Loop
The Granite Mountain Mine headframe in Butte

Helena, Butte & Southwest Montana

Butte

Copper-mining city on the Continental Divide: headframes and the Berkeley Pit
Dillon and the Beaverhead Valley below snow-capped mountains

Helena, Butte & Southwest Montana

Dillon

Beaverhead County ranch town and base for Bannack and Beaverhead River trout
The Madison River near Ennis in winter

Helena, Butte & Southwest Montana

Ennis

Ranch and fly-fishing town on the Madison River, near Virginia City
The Cathedral of St. Helena in Helena

Helena, Butte & Southwest Montana

Helena

Gold-rush state capital: the Capitol, a new state museum and canyon boat tours
The 1881 Kaiser House on Broadway in Philipsburg

Helena, Butte & Southwest Montana

Philipsburg

Silver-mining town near Granite Ghost Town, Georgetown Lake and Discovery
Wooden boardwalk and historic storefronts in Virginia City

Helena, Butte & Southwest Montana

Virginia City

Preserved 1860s gold-rush town and former territorial capital in Alder Gulch

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