Rail-Trail
State: MT Length: 4.10 miles Surface: Asphalt, Gravel
The BA&P Hill Trail provides a fascinating glimpse into Butte's early history, winding its way through the town's historic neighborhoods and abandoned mineyards. The area was known as the "The Richest Hill on Earth" for its gold, silver and ...
State: MT Length: 2.17 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Bitterroot Branch Trail currently consists of two segments along the active Montana Rail Link rail tracks that run into downtown Missoula. The southern segment is 0.68 mile and extends between McDonald Avenue and Livingston Street. To pick ...
State: MT Length: 7 miles Surface: Ballast
The Beaverhead portion of the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest lies tucked away in a great mountainous bowl in southwestern Montana. The rugged Bitterroot and Centennial Mountain ranges flank the western and southern boundaries, carrying ...
State: MT Length: 1.27 miles Surface: Asphalt, Concrete
The Clements Road Trail is a paved path that parallels Missoula's busy Clements Road and provides a safe alternative to riding on the shoulder. The path runs for 1.2 miles between the South Avenue Trail and 3rd Street, switching between the ...
State: MT Length: 1.50 miles Surface: Ballast, Gravel
The Gallagator Linear Trail is a 1.5 mile trail that is made of crushed stone. The majority of traffic on the pathway will come from bikers and hikers. It is a great trail to start with for a quick warmup or if you are just getting into biking. ...
State: MT Length: 22 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Great Northern Historical Trail extends 22 miles between the lakeside town of Somers and the mountain valley community of Kila. The trail follows part of the route of the old Great Northern Railway, which was later bought by Burlington Northern. ...
State: MT Length: 0.80 miles Surface: Asphalt, Dirt
The Greenough Park Trail is truly one of urban Missoula's best, making for a peaceful refuge from the city hubbub and near the downtown area. The trail makes a loop through this lush 42-acre park, not only popular for people but for bears, which ...
State: MT Length: 4.20 miles Surface: Asphalt, Dirt, Gravel
The Kim Williams Nature Trail meanders alongside the Clark Fork River in downtown Missoula. It connects to the Riverfront Trail, giving users an uninterrupted 4 miles of trail from which to enjoy the river or access Missoula's neighborhoods, ...
State: MT Length: 0.50 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Larmont Trail is a paved path that parallels Missoula's busy Reserve Street (US 93) and provides a safe alternative to riding on the road. The path runs for only a little more than 0.5 mile between Dearborn Avenue and where Reserve Street ...
State: MT Length: 1.80 miles Surface: Asphalt
This isn't one of Missoula's more scenic trails, but nevertheless it's a great connector from downtown to the western edges of suburbia. The trail was completed in 2011 and zigzags along an asphalt corridor with occassional on-road segments. ...
State: ID, MT Length: 25.60 miles Surface: Concrete, Gravel
The NorPac Trail follows the old right-of-way of the Northern Pacific Railway (hence the trail's name) in western Montana and the Idaho Panhandle, crossing Lookout Pass. The trail runs from Idaho near Mullan at the trailhead for the Trail of ...
State: MT Length: 25 miles Surface: Asphalt, Gravel
Many groups collaborated to create the scenic and wild River's Edge Trail: the city of Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks, Montana Department of Transportation, PPL Montana, and Recreational Trails Inc. ...
State: MT Length: 3.50 miles Surface: Asphalt, Ballast, Gravel
Missoula's Riverfront Trail follows both the north and south sides of the Clark Fork River through city parks downtown and near the university campus. Though it's not quite clear where the Riverfront Trail on the south side of the river ends ...
State: MT Length: 31 miles Surface: Crushed Stone
The 31-mile long Route of the Olympian is one of several rail-trails occupying the abandoned Pacific route of the Milwaukee Road, which originally connected the railroad's Wisconsin hub with Washington state—nearly 2,000 miles to the west. ...
State: MT Length: 2.90 miles Surface: Asphalt
The creation of the Silver Bow Creek Greenway is part of a massive cleanup of Silver Bow Creek, which has suffered more than a century of pollution from the copper and silver mining operations during the 19th century in Butte and Anaconda. The ...
State: MT Length: 2.20 miles Surface: Asphalt
The South Avenue Trail is a paved path that parallels Missoula's busy South Avenue and provides a safe alternative to riding in the road. The path runs for a little more than 2 miles between Old Fort Road just west of US 93/Reserve Street and ...
State: MT Length: 2 miles Surface: Asphalt, Crushed Stone
This pleasant trail is busy during hot summer days, when families come out in droves to swim, fish and paddle non-motorized boats around this small lake. No bikes are allowed on the trail but you can cross-country ski during winter. You can ...
State: MT Length: 1.70 miles Surface: Dirt, Gravel
The Story Mill Spur is named for Nelson Story, who (in the 1880s) built a flour mill near the mouth of the East Gallatin River. The short rail line was the Gallatin valley's largest and most used industrial rail spur until the mill's decline ...
State: MT Length: 6 miles Surface: Gravel
Two miles of this six-mile trail are on an abandoned railroad corridor. For more information contact the Resource Forester at Kootenai National Forest, 1299 Highway 93 North, Eureka, MT 59917, 406-296-2536.