Museum of the Rockies
Under $25Natural history museum on the Montana State University campus, famous for its dinosaur fossil collection and planetarium.
Bozeman, MT
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Montana's gateway towns along Yellowstone's edge




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Natural history museum on the Montana State University campus, famous for its dinosaur fossil collection and planetarium.
Bozeman, MT
Nonprofit wildlife park near Yellowstone's west entrance, home to rescued grizzly bears, gray wolves and other native species.
West Yellowstone, MT
Natural mineral hot spring pools on the Yellowstone River, about eight miles north of Yellowstone's north entrance.
Gardiner, MT
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Natural history museum on the Montana State University campus, famous for its dinosaur fossil collection and planetarium.
Nonprofit wildlife park near Yellowstone's west entrance, home to rescued grizzly bears, gray wolves and other native species.
Natural mineral hot spring pools on the Yellowstone River, about eight miles north of Yellowstone's north entrance.
Official tourism region for western Montana, representing more than 75 communities near Glacier National Park.
Whitewater rafting and adventure outfitter a mile from Yellowstone's North Entrance in Gardiner, Montana.
Mountain resort town near Yellowstone offering skiing, hiking and year-round outdoor adventure in Montana's Gallatin Range.
See 4,000 years of computing and robotics history, from an Apollo-era calculator to a Wozniak-signed Apple I.
Montana's largest ski resort, with nearly 6,000 acres of terrain beneath 11,166-foot Lone Peak.
Natural hot spring pools, saunas and a fitness center in the Gallatin Valley on the way to Big Sky.
A locally owned, nonprofit ski area 16 miles north of Bozeman known for deep powder and affordable tickets.
A 1,170-mile historic trail across five states retracing the Nez Perce people's 1877 flight from the U.S. Army.
Guided whitewater rafting on the Yellowstone River, launching near Yellowstone's North Entrance in Gardiner.
Guided whitewater rafting and zipline trips on the Gallatin and Yellowstone rivers near Big Sky.
Helicopter sightseeing flights from West Yellowstone Airport over Hebgen Lake, Two Top and Earthquake Country, from 20-minute hops to a 60-minute wilderness explorer.
Stand at Artist Point and look up a yellow-walled canyon to the 308-foot Lower Falls.
Follow the boardwalk past Yellowstone's largest hot spring, a deep blue pool ringed in orange and yellow.
Take a guided walk through limestone caverns, then hike, camp or bike in Montana's first state park.
Walk boardwalks above steaming travertine terraces in Yellowstone, next to the red-roofed buildings of Fort Yellowstone.
Follow a boardwalk to views of a 114-foot waterfall on the Henrys Fork and walk a trail to a Lower Mesa Falls overlook.
Watch Yellowstone's signature geyser shoot water more than 100 feet high from the surrounding boardwalks.
Walk or drive under the 52-foot basalt gateway that has marked Yellowstone's North Entrance since 1903.
Look out over North America's largest high-elevation lake, with geysers on its shore at West Thumb and trout below Fishing Bridge.
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Yellowstone Country is Montana's tourism region along the park's northern boundary, running from Bozeman and Big Sky south through Gardiner and West Yellowstone, with the historic mining town of Virginia City nearby. Bozeman's venues include the Museum of the Rockies, Bozeman Hot Springs and the Bridger Bowl ski area, while Big Sky Resort anchors the town of Big Sky. Gardiner and West Yellowstone serve as gateway towns to Yellowstone National Park, with rafting outfitters, hot springs and the Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center.