Montana Wedding Guide: Where to go
Where to go for your Montana Wedding
Perhaps the hardest thing about getting married in Montana is deciding where to go among all the amazing places here. From Glacier National Park to Yellowstone National Park, Missoula to Billings, Montana offers a huge number of beautiful choices for your wedding.
So where to base your Montana wedding? Below you’ll find a list of some Montana cities, with some of the beautiful places you can find to hold your wedding.
Bigfork, Montana offers great wedding opportunities along Flathead Lake, the largest freshwater lake in the western U.S. that offers great vistas of the wide open blue water with the Swan mountain range as your backdrop.
Big Sky gives you access to a lot of Montana’s big wedding destinations. From here it’s just a short drive to the West Yellowstone entrance to Yellowstone National Park, one of the most beautiful places in the U.S. and a great place to get married, or spend some quality time with your wedding party. Big Sky ski resort also offers an amazing place for weddings, as do the miles of pristine mountains in the surrounding Gallatin National Forest.
Billings is Montana’s largest city, and therefore has some of the state’s best airport service, making a convenient place to bring a wedding party. The beautiful Yellowstone River runs right along the city, and an enormous rock wall, known as “the rims,” provide a picturesque backdrop. You’ll also find Red Lodge ski resort just an hour away, and Yellowstone National Park about 2.5 hours away.
Bozeman offers great access to Yellowstone National Park, the Gallatin National Forest and Bridger Bowl Ski Resort, all great Montana wedding spots. Bozeman also offers plenty of great lodges and place to eat to provide everything you and your wedding party needs to have a great time.
Gardiner sits right on the northern border of Yellowstone National Park, offering easy access to this area for weddings and recreation, as well as a beautiful natural setting for weddings.
Missoula is Montana’s second-largest city, and therefore offers plenty of services you may want on your wedding day. Missoula also is surrounded by great natural beauty in the Lolo National Forest and the Rattlesnake Wilderness, which offer great places in the outdoors for your wedding. You’ll also find plenty of activities here for groups, such as rafting and skiing.
Red Lodge sits just about an hour from the Cooke City entrance to Yellowstone National Park, and on the edge of the Absaroka-Beartooth wilderness. It’s a beautiful place to plan a wedding, especially if you love the outdoors. You’ll also find that Red Lodge ski resort offers great spots to have your wedding.
About 40 minutes from Glacier National Park, a 10 minute drive to the top of Whitefish Mountain Resort, and with Whitefish Lake right there, Whitefish is an excellent place for a Montana wedding. You’ll also find plenty of lodging, dining and shopping that will compliment any great wedding.
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- Montana Wedding Venues: Missoula
- Montana Weddings: Yellowstone National Park Wedding Rules
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