Montana
From the Continental Divide out onto the high plains — Going-to-the-Sun Road across Glacier, the Little Bighorn where the Lakota, Cheyenne and Arapaho defeated Custer, the Missouri that Lewis and Clark climbed, Butte's hill of copper, and the homelands of twelve tribal nations.
All of Montana, One Map
Tap any dot to discover what makes a place worth the stop.
Plan a Trip
Day-by-day plans — real drive times, honest overnights, and the permit fine print sorted before you leave.
Scenic Drives
The roads themselves — traced end to end, with the stops worth making along the way.
Going-to-the-Sun Road: West Glacier to St. Mary
Fifty miles across Glacier National Park: Lake McDonald, the Loop, the Garden Wall and Logan Pass, then down past Jackson Glacier to St. Mary Lake and the Blackfeet Reservation.
US-12: Lolo Pass to Missoula
Down Lolo Creek from the Idaho line: the hot springs the Corps soaked in, the barricade the Nimiipuu walked around, and the only Lewis and Clark camp with proof in the ground.
US-89: Paradise Valley to Yellowstone
Livingston to Gardiner up the Yellowstone River: the 1902 railroad depot, Paradise Valley between two ranges, Yankee Jim Canyon, the Devil's Slide and the park's year-round gate.
US-89: The Rocky Mountain Front
Browning to Augusta along the edge of the Rockies: the Museum of the Plains Indian, grizzly country at Pine Butte, and A. B. Guthrie Jr.'s Choteau under Ear Mountain.
Regions of Montana
Each region gathers the parks, towns, drives, and roadside stops that define one corner of the state.
Billings & the Little Bighorn
Crow and Northern Cheyenne country: the long walk home of 1878, the Greasy Grass and the 2003 Indian Memorial, and Clark's re-cut signature on Pompeys Pillar.
Butte, Helena & the Gold Country
Nimiipuu loss at the Big Hole, the gold strikes at Bannack, Alder Gulch and Last Chance Gulch, the vigilantes, and Butte's flooded Berkeley Pit beneath the Anaconda stack.
Glacier & the Flathead
Séliš, Ksanka and Ql̓ispé country: the Flathead Reservation and the Bison Range returned in 2022, Flathead Lake, and Going-to-the-Sun Road over Glacier's Logan Pass.
Missoula & the Bitterroot
Séliš country: Charlo's long refusal to leave the Bitterroot, Lewis and Clark's proven camp at Travelers' Rest, the Nez Perce on the Lolo Trail, and Lake Missoula's shorelines.
The Hi-Line
The Chippewa Cree, Aaniiih, Nakoda, Assiniboine and Sioux reservations, the Marias Massacre, the Nez Perce surrender at Bear Paw, the homestead line and Fort Peck Dam.
The Rocky Mountain Front & the Upper Missouri
Amskapi Piikani country: the mountains the Blackfeet sold to survive, the Great Falls portage, Fort Benton's steamboat levee, and the Maiasaura nests near Choteau.
The Southeastern Badlands
Lakota and Northern Cheyenne country: the Powder River attack that opened the Great Sioux War, the Hell Creek beds that gave up T. rex, and Evelyn Cameron's plains.
Yellowstone Country
Apsáalooke country: the Clovis child reburied near Wilsall, the Crow land ceded below the park, the Roosevelt Arch at Gardiner, and Earthquake Lake on the Madison.
Stories from Montana
The histories behind the places — the people, the disasters, the inventions, and the long memory of the land.
