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Red Lodge, Red Lodge, MT

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Red Lodge

Red Lodge is an outdoor activity in Red Lodge, MT, part of the Bighorn Basin guide. Cost: free.

· Red Lodge, MT

Why you should go…

Red Lodge, Montana is a historic mountain town in Carbon County known as a gateway to Yellowstone National Park via the Beartooth Highway. The Red Lodge Tourism Business Improvement District collects a lodging assessment on room nights to fund destination marketing for the area. The town and surrounding Beartooth Mountains support skiing, hiking and other outdoor recreation.

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What's around here?

The closest stops to Red Lodge, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.

  • Sport & Outdoor
    Outdoor Adventure

    Beartooth Highway

    Free

    Drive 68 miles of switchbacks on US-212 from Red Lodge over 10,947-foot Beartooth Pass to Yellowstone's Northeast Entrance.

    12 mi awayMore like this

  • Museums
    History Buff

    Heart Mountain Interpretive Center

    Under $25

    A museum on the site of a WWII Japanese American incarceration camp between Cody and Powell, Wyoming.

    39 mi awaySwitch it up: Museums

  • Sightseeing
    Outdoor Adventure

    Park County, Wyoming

    Free

    Wyoming's Yellowstone Country: Cody, Powell, Meeteetse, and the valley leading into Yellowstone National Park.

    46 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing

  • Museums
    History Buff

    Historic Cody Mural and Museum

    Free

    A free Cody rotunda museum built around a 36-foot mural depicting early Latter-day Saint pioneer history in the Big Horn Basin.

    46 mi awaySwitch it up: Museums

  • Museums
    History Buff

    Buffalo Bill Center of the West

    Under $25

    A five museum complex in Cody covering Western art, Plains Indian culture, natural history and firearms.

    46 mi awaySwitch it up: Museums

  • Sport & Outdoor
    Outdoor Adventure

    Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area

    Free

    Boat, fish and camp along a 71-mile lake set in a deep canyon straddling the Montana and Wyoming line.

    55 mi awayMore like this