Fort Benton The Birthplace of MontanaIn the 1860s, up to 50 steamboats a season docked at a levee about 45 miles down the Missouri River from Great Falls, making this tiny town, for a while, one of
Fort Benton The Birthplace of MontanaIn the 1860s, up to 50 steamboats a season docked at a levee about 45 miles down the Missouri River from Great Falls, making this tiny town, for a while, one of
Freezeout Lake Wildlife Management AreaFor a few weeks each spring, tens of thousands of snow geese and swans stage on a shallow lake about 40 minutes from Great Falls — loud enough to hear
Hardy Creek & the Missouri RiverNot every landmark near Great Falls is famous. This one's a quiet, hand-launch fishing access point on the Missouri River, about 40 minutes south of town —
White Sulphur Springs & the Smith RiverOne small Montana town holds a 150-plus-year-old hot spring and the put-in for the only river in the state you can't just show up and float. Both are about