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Red Lodge, Red Lodge, MT

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Red Lodge

· 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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  • #mountains
  • #hiking
  • #gateway
  • #outdoor

Good to know

General sport & outdoor guidance

Habits that pay off across this whole category, not rules for this one venue. Always check the official site for the specifics.

  • Weather calls the shots

    Check the forecast the morning of and keep an indoor backup in your pocket for the day it turns.

  • Shoes, water, sun cover

    The three things that decide whether you last the whole outing or cut it short after an hour.

  • Parking and launches fill early

    On a nice weekend, lots and trailheads are often full by mid-morning.

  • Daylight shrinks in shoulder season

    Spring and fall visits need an earlier start than the same trip in July.

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