Natural Wonders

Great Falls, Great Falls & Central Montana

Giant Springs State Park

A spring pouring out 156 million gallons a day beside the Missouri, open all year

From $4

Billings, Billings & Southeast Montana

Pictograph Cave State Park

Three sandstone caves on the edge of Billings with rock paintings over 2,000 years old

From $4

Bozeman, Bozeman & Big Sky

Lewis & Clark Caverns State Park

Guided tours through limestone caverns in Montana's first state park, May to September

From $8

Great Falls, Great Falls & Central Montana

Great Falls of the Missouri

Five waterfalls and four dams on 10 miles of the Missouri, seen from overlooks and trail

Free

Hamilton, Missoula & the Bitterroot Valley

Lake Como

Bitterroot reservoir under the mountains, with a 7.9-mile shoreline loop and a beach

From $5

Big Sky, Bozeman & Big Sky

Lone Peak Tram

Aerial tram to the 11,166-foot summit of Lone Mountain and its glass observatory

From $67

Billings, Billings & Southeast Montana

Pompeys Pillar National Monument

Sandstone butte on the Yellowstone carrying William Clark's 1806 signature

From $7

Missoula, Missoula & the Bitterroot Valley

Mount Sentinel M Trail

Eleven switchbacks up to the University of Montana's concrete M, 620 feet above town

Free

West Glacier, Glacier National Park & the Flathead Valley

Lake McDonald

Glacier's largest lake: 10 miles long, 472 feet deep, with a 1914 lodge

From $25

Helena, Helena, Butte & Southwest Montana

Mount Helena City Park

A 5,468-ft summit with trails that start a few blocks from Last Chance Gulch

Free

St. Mary, Glacier National Park & the Flathead Valley

Saint Mary Lake and Wild Goose Island

Glacier's east-side lake and the tiny island from the opening of The Shining

From $25

Dillon, Helena, Butte & Southwest Montana

Clark Canyon Reservoir and Camp Fortunate

Trout reservoir over the site where Sacagawea met her brother in August 1805

Free