Kalispell, Montana Vacations
Kalispell provides access to great Montana Vacation Activities and Glacier Park
by Michele Kadison
Kalispell, Montana is another terrific town to base your Montana vacations out of. Here you’ll find friendly Montana accommodations and vacation rentals, and quick access to places like Flathead Lake, Glacier National Park and Whitefish Mountain Resort. Montana vacation activities such as skiing, rafting, hiking and fishing are all easily accessible from here, with plenty of opportunity for world-class guided tours.
Kalispell's Conrad mansion.
Established in 1891 at a place where railroad founder Charles Conrad felt would be the right spot for
the main railway line junction. He created the Kalispell Townsite Company along with a bank and a 26 room mansion that is one of the historic homes that makes Kalispell so interesting. With its many bed and breakfasts, art centers, and museums, Kalispell is an ideal vacation destination for people interested in both culture and the great outdoors.
Take time to peruse the Hockaday Museum of Art, which was a former library, as well as the Central
Mountain lake near Kalispell.
School Museum, which was Kalispell’s first school. Walk along Main Street to view the historic buildings that house galleries, artists’ studios, shops and boutiques, restaurants, and a hotel. Then amble through one of the town’s more than 20 parks, many of which contain historic monuments such as the grounds at the Conrad Mansion, Courthouse Park, and Depot Park. Woodland Park is
another favorite, as the city’s largest and most lush. Golfers will be thrilled to try the greens at the Buffalo Golf Course on the land where Conrad’s buffalo herd used to graze.
You'll also find amazing mountains all around Kalispell.
Flathead Lake is another marvelous destination right outside of Kalispell. This is the largest natural freshwater lake west of the Mississippi, with the lake measuring over 200 square miles and a shoreline of 185 miles. The southern section of the lake sits inside the boundary of the Confederated
Salish and Kootenai Tribes Flathead Reservation.
Related posts:
- Columbia Falls, Montana Vacations
- Bigfork, Montana Vacations
- Lakeside, Montana Vacations
- Ski Montana: Blacktail Mountain Ski Area
- Polson, Montana Vacations
[...] Park, which is only 40 minutes away, down to the town of Whitefish, and on a clear day, out to Kalispell and Flathead Lake. One of Whitefish Mountan Resort's killer powder [...]
[...] Glacier Centennial Plein Air Paint Out: Watch plein air artists work live painting the beauty of Glacier National Park. Artists will be painting for three days within the park, at various locations from June 22 to June 24. Maps available at park entrances or ranger stations. Reception held afterward at the Hockaday Mueseum in Kalispell, Montana. [...]
[...] to offer, seeing wildlife, and some spectacular views of the park. Nearby towns of Whitefish and Kalispell offer great Montana hotels, Montana vacation rentals and [...]
[...] Blacktail Mountain Ski Area is just off Highway 93, 45 minutes from Kalispell and 2 hours north of Missoula, near the town of Lakeside on Blacktail Mountain Road. Fly Delta/SkyWest, United Airlines/SkyWest, Horizon Air, Northwest Airlines, to Glacier Park International Airport in Kalispell. Amtrak to Whitefish from east and west. Highway 93 from Missoula or Kalispell. [...]
[...] find Blacktail Mountain Ski Area off Highway 93, 45 minutes from Kalispell and 2 hours north of Missoula, near Lakeside on Blacktail Mountain Road. Fly Delta/SkyWest, [...]
[...] 7 miles south of Kalispell, Flathead Lake is about 30 miles long and 16 miles wide, covering 191.5 square miles (495.9 [...]
[...] National Park and many miles of Montana state forest. You can access the following river areas from Kalispell, Whitefish or Columbia [...]