Red Lodge, Montana
Red Lodge offers top-notch Montana vacation accommodations and activities
by Michele Kadison
Enjoy some of the best Montana hiking, backpacking and fishing, along with excellent lodging and restaurants, in the foothills of the Beartooth Mountains, encircled by Custer National Forest, and close to Yellowstone National Park. With 28 peaks rising to over 12,000, the area is a favorite with vacation travelers who want to get up close and personal with big nature.
Most of the town’s buildings and homes were built between 1880 and 1915, with many listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Walking through Red Lodge combines a voyage back in time with current day amenities.
Places of special interest include the Carbon County Historical Society Museum where you can see the Grenough rodeo collection, a gun collection from yesteryear, and many other displays that speak of Red Lodge’s past. For coal mining enthusiasts, the Museum has a wonderful interactive exhibit on the subject as Red Lodge was an important resource town for coal in the early 1900’s. The Red Lodge Festival, famous for 50 years, commemorates the former mining town’s roots along with the many different ethnic cultures that combined to work and settle in the region.
The Beartooth Nature Center is another important Red Lodge site. Here live over 100 native wild animals that cannot be returned to their wild habitat. As the only facility of its kind in Montana, the Center provides visitors with a birds-eye view of native fauna such as mountain lions, bobcats, foxes, wolves, elk, deer, bears, and more.
Riding along the Beartooth Highway you will understand why this route has been designated a National Scenic Byway. Rising to 11,000 feet, this three hour, 53.7 mile drive takes you through some of the most breathtaking natural vistas in Montana. Have your camera ready to capture the alpine lakes, the magnificent snowcapped mountains, and the glaciers that abound. All along the way you can find many recreational activities to enjoy such as hiking, wildlife watching, and cross country skiing during the spring and sometime summer months.
For golfers, don’t forget to head out to Red Lodge Mountain Resort’s 18 hole public golf course with its challenging greens lying at the foot of the Beartooth Mountains.
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