Things to see in Helena, Butte & Southwest Montana

Butte · Historic Sites

Mai Wah Museum

Two brick buildings from Butte's Chinatown, with a mercantile still stocked with goods

Helena · Architectural Landmarks

Montana State Capitol

Copper-domed 1902 statehouse with a 25-foot Charles M. Russell mural in the House chamber

Helena · Outdoor Recreation

Mount Helena City Park

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

Butte · Historic Sites

World Museum of Mining

Underground tours and a rebuilt mining-camp street at Butte's Orphan Girl mine

Dillon · Historic Sites

Clark Canyon Reservoir and Camp Fortunate

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

Anaconda · State Parks

Lost Creek State Park

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

Ennis · Outdoor Recreation

Madison River

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

Helena · Architectural Landmarks

Original Governor's Mansion

The 1888 Queen Anne house where nine Montana governors lived from 1913 to 1959

Butte · Religious Sites

Our Lady of the Rockies

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

Virginia City · Historic Sites

Virginia City Historic District

Montana's 1865-75 territorial capital, a gold-rush town of nearly 300 historic buildings