Natural Wonders

West Yellowstone, Yellowstone Gateways & the Beartooths

Earthquake Lake Visitor Center

Overlook on the 1959 slide that killed 28 and dammed the Madison River into a lake

Free

Polson, Glacier National Park & the Flathead Valley

Flathead Lake

About 191 square miles of clear water: the West's largest natural freshwater lake

From $4

Columbia Falls, Glacier National Park & the Flathead Valley

Hungry Horse Dam

A 564-foot 1953 arch dam with a giant morning-glory spillway you can drive across

Free

Anaconda, Helena, Butte & Southwest Montana

Lost Creek State Park

Narrow canyon near Anaconda with 1,200-foot cliffs, bighorn sheep and a 50-foot waterfall

From $4

Ennis, Helena, Butte & Southwest Montana

Madison River

Blue-ribbon trout river running past Ennis, with strict summer guiding rules

Butte, Helena, Butte & Southwest Montana

Our Lady of the Rockies

90-foot statue of the Virgin Mary on the Continental Divide, reached by bus tour only

Big Sky, Bozeman & Big Sky

Ousel Falls Trail

Easy 1.6-mile round trip to a waterfall on the Gallatin, open year-round

Free

Livingston, Yellowstone Gateways & the Beartooths

Paradise Valley

The Yellowstone River valley between Livingston and the park, under the Absaroka peaks

Free

West Glacier, Glacier National Park & the Flathead Valley

Trail of the Cedars and Avalanche Lake

An accessible cedar-forest boardwalk, then a 5-mile round trip to a cliff-ringed lake

From $35

St. Mary, Glacier National Park & the Flathead Valley

Two Medicine

Glacier's quiet south-east valley: a 1926 wooden tour boat, lakes and Running Eagle Falls

From $10.40

Bigfork, Glacier National Park & the Flathead Valley

Wild Horse Island State Park

Flathead Lake's largest island: boat-only, with bighorn sheep and five wild horses

From $4

Gardiner, Yellowstone Gateways & the Beartooths

Yellowstone National Park

The first national park, entered from Montana at Gardiner, West Yellowstone or Silver Gate

From $20