Things to do in Montana
Scenic Drives
Scenic Drives in Montana
- 8 places
- across 7 destinations
Scenic Drives in Montana
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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
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
Polson, Glacier National Park & the Flathead Valley
CSKT Bison Range
About 350 bison on tribal land, seen from the 19-mile Red Sleep and Prairie drives
From $5
West Glacier, Glacier National Park & the Flathead Valley
Going-to-the-Sun Road
The 50-mile 1930s road that crosses Glacier's Continental Divide at Logan Pass
From $25
Billings, Billings & Southeast Montana
Swords Rimrock Park and Black Otter Trail
Sandstone cliff-top park over Billings, with Yellowstone Kelly's grave on the rim
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
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
Livingston, Yellowstone Gateways & the Beartooths
Paradise Valley
The Yellowstone River valley between Livingston and the park, under the Absaroka peaks
Free
Scenic Drives Overview
Scenic Drives in Montana