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Montana, region by region

The 8 areas we divide Montana into, each with its own towns, sights and character.

Going-to-the-Sun Road climbing past a waterfall into a green glacial valley in Glacier National Park

7 places

Glacier National Park & the Flathead Valley

Going-to-the-Sun Road, Flathead Lake and Whitefish
The Clark Fork River flowing through downtown Missoula with mountains behind

2 places

Missoula & the Bitterroot Valley

A university river city and the valley of the Bitterroot Mountains
Lone Mountain above the snowfields of Big Sky Resort

2 places

Bozeman & Big Sky

Museum of the Rockies, Bridger Bowl and Big Sky Resort
The stone Roosevelt Arch at the North Entrance to Yellowstone National Park in Gardiner

5 places

Yellowstone Gateways & the Beartooths

Gardiner, West Yellowstone, Cooke City and the Beartooth Highway
The Montana State Capitol in Helena, with its copper dome and flower beds

7 places

Helena, Butte & Southwest Montana

Gold camps, copper kings, ghost towns and trout rivers
Black Eagle Falls and dam on the Missouri River at Great Falls

2 places

Great Falls & Central Montana

Lewis and Clark's falls, C.M. Russell and the Missouri Breaks
The Yellowstone River at Billings beneath the sandstone Rimrocks

3 places

Billings & Southeast Montana

Montana's largest city, Little Bighorn and the badlands
Fort Peck Lake seen through ponderosa pines on a summer day

1 place

Missouri River Country & Fort Peck Lake

Fort Peck Lake, dinosaur country and the open prairie

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