Places to Explore In Billings, Little Big Horn, and the Montana Plains

Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area

Centered on a 60-mile-long lake, this park stretches between the Pryor and Bighorn mountains, well into Wyoming. Really just a wide spot on the Bighorn...

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Big Snowy Mountains

South of Montana’s geographical center an island of rocky peaks rises more than 3,000 feet from the sea of windswept prairie, beckoning scenery lovers and...

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Billings

A bastion of civilization on an otherwise empty prairie, Billings is a classic Western city, full of the kind of history that shaped the frontier...

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Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge

An oxbow of the Missouri River before the last ice age, Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge is a massive series of lakes and wetlands just off...

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Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge

Locals call it the CMR, and it's a stunning place to visit in the summer, when the weather is stable (and sometimes really hot). It's...

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Fort Benton

The gateway to the Upper Missouri River, this town of 1,464 people has a rich and rugged past that’s captured in a complex of excellent...

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Fort Peck

Fort Peck itself is mostly a quiet retirement town, with 240 residents; at night the lights of ranch houses are few and far between. It...

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Great Falls

One of Great Falls’ greatest assets is its sense of history. Here, along the banks of the Missouri where the plains meet the Rockies, explorers...

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Hardin

Although its roots are firmly planted in cattle ranching, Hardin makes a significant portion of its living as a visitor gateway to the Little Bighorn...

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Havre

Mainly a place to stay when visiting Fort Assinniboine, the town of Havre (population 9,791) is the trading center for a wide area of extreme...

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Lewistown

Started as a small trading post in the shadow of the low-lying Moccasin and Judith mountains, Lewistown has evolved into a pleasant town of nearly...

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Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument

When the smoke cleared on June 25, 1876, neither Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer (1839–76) nor the 200 soldiers, scouts, and civilians were alive to...

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Makoshika State Park

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Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge Complex

Established in 1935, this refuge sandwiched between U.S. 2 and the Canadian border encompasses more than 30,000 acres of wetlands that provide habitat for dozens...

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Miles City

History buffs enjoy the ranch town of Miles City (population 8,264) at the confluence of the cottonwood-lined Tongue and Yellowstone rivers. The federal Fort Laramie...

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