Overview

Visitors come to Billings, MT to find peace and excitement in its culture, youth, adventure sport lifestyle, beautiful surroundings, and close proximity to breathtaking places like Glacier, Yellowstone, and Grand Teton National Parks.

Downtown is a busy place but there is a definite sense of familiarity no matter where you go. It makes downtown even more interesting to think of the famous personas like Calamity Jane, Buffalo Bill, Lewis and Clark, Sitting Bull, and Custer who used to stomp on these grounds frequently.

Location

Billings is located in the south-central portion of Montana and is surrounded by five mountain ranges: the Bighorns, Beartooth, Crazy Mountains, the Pryor Range, and the Snowy Mountains.

Services/Amenities

As the largest city in Montana, Billing has many services and amenities. There are a number of lodging facilities from hotels/motels to bed & breakfasts, to Inns and guest ranches. Places to eat range from a fast food drive in to 5 star fine dining.

City parks and recreational areas can be found scatter throughout town. Billings is also the home of grocery stores, service stations, and retail store. Billings also has two fully equipped and modern hospitals.

Activities

Billings provides nearly limitless opportunities for outdoor adventure due to its location at the edge of the mountains and the meeting of the plains. You can enjoy various activities right down town, to include scenic walks, bicycling, and shopping. Or you can venture a little further afield, and take to the mountains for hiking, mountain biking, camping, horseback rides, and much more.

If you’re interested in cultural events, Billings will astound you with its impressive selection of music, theater, museums and dining.

Attractions

Nearby attractions include but are not limited to:

Big Horn Canyon Recreation Area
Known as the Grandest Canyon in the northern Rockies. This landscape has sheer cliffs that tower 1,000 feet above blue water. Many individuals come here to enjoy the great fishing and to witness wild horses that still run free.

Chief Plenty Coups State Park
This State Park includes Plenty Coups' home, store, tipi, modern museum, and grounds for walking and picnicking.

Lake Elmo State Park
This urban day-use park is a great place to swim, sailboard, fish, picnic, birdwatch, or take a stroll. A special feature of Lake Elmo is its Dog Park.

Pictograph Cave State Park
Located just 6 miles south of Billings, the Pictograph, Middle and Ghost cave complex was home to generations of prehistoric hunters. A short paved trail allows you to view the rock paintings, known as pictographs, which are still visible in Pictograph Cave.

Pompey’s Pillar
Pompey’s Pillar bears the only remaining physical evidence of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, which appears on the trail today as it did over 200 years ago. On the face of the 150-foot butte, Captain William Clark carved his name on July 25, 1806.

Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park is approximately 130 miles southwest of Billings.

The Black Hills
The Black Hills of South Dakota are approximately 285 miles southeast of Billings.
In addition to the above, downtown Billings offers museums, theaters, and botanical gardens.

Getting here

If you are heading to Big Sky, MT from Billings follow I-90 east for about 140 miles. Then exit onto US-191 south to reach Big Sky in about 35 miles.