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Montana
Beartooth
Highway
For anyone going to Yellowstone National Park, there is the most incredible drive out of it called Beartooth Highway.
Gorp has a page about it here.
Comments:
It is by far the most beautiful drive I've been on and had some of the most amazing views I've seen in my travels.
I completely agree about the Beartooth Highway ... we traveled up and over it from Red Lodge to Cooke City in 1991. The top of it is my most favorite spot in the U.S.
The Beartooth Highway is incredible. I worked in Yellowstone a few summers back. We used to backpack in the area all the time. Chief Joseph Highway is also very nice. Tons of incredible views.
Glacier National Park
Glacier National Park is a great place for those who want to enjoy the outdoors. There are streams and lakes for fishing and boating, routes for cycling, trails for horseback riding and cross country skiing, and over 700 miles of hiking trails! A drive along the historic landmark Going-to-the-Sun Road that traverses the park offers spectacular views and crosses the Continental Divide at Logan Pass. Together with Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta, Canada, Glacier is part of the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park World Heritage Site.
Little Bighorn Battlefield
A stop at the Little Bighorn Battlefield in southeastern Montana provides a sobering look at the conflict between the United States government and Sioux and Cheyenne Indians who refused to be confined to life on a reservation. The central figures in the action were Chief Sitting Bull and Gen. George Armstrong Custer - Custer lost this battle along with his life. Try to include one of the fascinating National Park Service Ranger talks in your visit. You can also follow a self-guided walking tour and imagine what it was like in 1876 when the Native Americans living in the river valley stood their ground against the cavalry. Another option is Apsaalooke Tours presented by local Crow Indians.
Virginia City
So you've always wondered what life was like in a Wild West gold mining town? Visit Virginia City and find out! It's the American West's best preserved gold mining town from the 1860s with historic buildings, the chance to ride on a steam locomotive, walking tours, living history events in conjunction with nearby Nevada City, and performances at a real western opera house.
For anyone going to Yellowstone National Park, there is the most incredible drive out of it called Beartooth Highway.
Gorp has a page about it here.
Comments:
It is by far the most beautiful drive I've been on and had some of the most amazing views I've seen in my travels.
I completely agree about the Beartooth Highway ... we traveled up and over it from Red Lodge to Cooke City in 1991. The top of it is my most favorite spot in the U.S.
The Beartooth Highway is incredible. I worked in Yellowstone a few summers back. We used to backpack in the area all the time. Chief Joseph Highway is also very nice. Tons of incredible views.
Glacier National Park
Glacier National Park is a great place for those who want to enjoy the outdoors. There are streams and lakes for fishing and boating, routes for cycling, trails for horseback riding and cross country skiing, and over 700 miles of hiking trails! A drive along the historic landmark Going-to-the-Sun Road that traverses the park offers spectacular views and crosses the Continental Divide at Logan Pass. Together with Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta, Canada, Glacier is part of the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park World Heritage Site.
Little Bighorn Battlefield
A stop at the Little Bighorn Battlefield in southeastern Montana provides a sobering look at the conflict between the United States government and Sioux and Cheyenne Indians who refused to be confined to life on a reservation. The central figures in the action were Chief Sitting Bull and Gen. George Armstrong Custer - Custer lost this battle along with his life. Try to include one of the fascinating National Park Service Ranger talks in your visit. You can also follow a self-guided walking tour and imagine what it was like in 1876 when the Native Americans living in the river valley stood their ground against the cavalry. Another option is Apsaalooke Tours presented by local Crow Indians.
Virginia City
So you've always wondered what life was like in a Wild West gold mining town? Visit Virginia City and find out! It's the American West's best preserved gold mining town from the 1860s with historic buildings, the chance to ride on a steam locomotive, walking tours, living history events in conjunction with nearby Nevada City, and performances at a real western opera house.