Visit Montana

In February, we asked you to nominate the best of Montana’s tourism industry for the 2016 Montana Tourism Awards–and you delivered!

"It’s an exciting time for us and the golf course and the community."

The Historic Hotel Arvon, The Celtic Cowboy Pub and Restaurant and The Darkhorse Hall and Darkhorse Wine Snug, is the Oldest Commercial Building in Great Falls.

3. Fire lookouts (all over)

This summer, bicycling campers will find areas constructed specifically for them at four western Montana state parks – Whitefish Lake, Wayfarers in Bigfork, and Placid Lake and Salmon Lake near Seeley Lake.

The 2016 leisure travel forecast looks promising – with Americans expecting to visit at least one small town or rural destination this year and 34% planning to increase their leisure travel spending.

Whether it’s retracing history one paddle stroke at a time, taking family camping to new heights or riding alongside cowboys on the storied Bad Pass Trail, the sky’s the limit in Montana. Here are seven authentic ways to rediscover the Treasure State in 2016.

Learn more about the geology, ancient history, and cultural importance of the stretch of land from Kalispell to the southern belly of Flathead Lake and back up the eastern shore through Bigfork.

"You want the Peckinpah suite," Anthony Bourdain wrote.

Nominations for the Montana Tourism Awards, to be presented Academy Awards-style at the Monday-night banquet of the 2016 Governor’s Conference on Tourism and Recreation, are now open!