Natural Wonders

West Glacier, Glacier National Park & the Flathead Valley

Apgar Village

Glacier's west-side hub at the foot of Lake McDonald, open even in winter

From $25

Red Lodge, Yellowstone Gateways & the Beartooths

Beartooth Highway

68 miles of US-212 over a 10,947-ft pass in Wyoming; closed for 2026 since Oct 9

Free

Big Sky, Bozeman & Big Sky

Big Sky Resort

5,850 acres and 4,350 feet of vertical under Lone Peak, with a tram to 11,166 feet

From $260

Lewistown, Great Falls & Central Montana

Big Spring Creek and Big Springs Trout Hatchery

A huge artesian spring, a 1922 trout hatchery and a creek with trout inside Lewistown

Free

Columbia Falls, Glacier National Park & the Flathead Valley

Bowman Lake and Polebridge

Glacier's remote North Fork: gravel roads, an off-grid village and a 7-mile mountain lake

From $25

Glasgow, Missouri River Country & Fort Peck Lake

Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge

About 1.1 million acres of Missouri River breaks around Fort Peck Lake, free to enter

Free

Ennis, Helena, Butte & Southwest Montana

Earthquake Lake

A lake made by a 1959 landslide, with drowned trees and trout water below the slide

Free

St. Mary, Glacier National Park & the Flathead Valley

Grinnell Glacier Trail

A 5-mile climb from Many Glacier to one of the park's best-known shrinking glaciers

From $35

Bozeman, Bozeman & Big Sky

Hyalite Canyon

Bozeman's mountain canyon: a reservoir, short waterfall walks and world-class ice climbing

Bigfork, Glacier National Park & the Flathead Valley

Jewel Basin Hiking Area

Foot-only high country above Bigfork: 27 lakes and 35 miles of trail

Free

Whitefish, Glacier National Park & the Flathead Valley

Whitefish Lake State Park

Small lakeside campground and boat launch on Whitefish Lake, with trains rolling past

From $4

Helena, Helena, Butte & Southwest Montana

Gates of the Mountains

Two-hour Missouri River boat trip through the limestone canyon Lewis named in 1805