This carousel is a must for both adults and kids of all ages! We have been coming here since 2006…read moreand my daughter insists to come here every year on her birthday. The horses on the carousel are all hand carved and each is different than the next. The carousel is situated adjacent to Caras Park, right along the Clark Fork River. During the warmer months, the walls open up and you can see in from outside. This is one of the faster carousels in the United States and is definitely at the top of my list for the fastest carousels I, myself have been on. As you walk in, there is a gift shop directly to your right where you can purchase fun souvenirs, toys, and other items. There is also a separate little area that accommodates birthday parties. Just next door is Dragon Hollow Park. Kids can have fun on the carousel and then go outside and play on the newly renovated playground. It's a win-win for both parents and children!

Cute little restored carousel in downtown Missoula, well worth the very reasonable price, even have…read morethe grab the ring feature, easy when it's slow but a little Harder as the carousel picks up speed !

4.20.25: We made the 3ish hour drive from Idaho to attend Missoula's 6th Annual 420 Block Party put…read moreon by Montana State Hemp & Cannabis Festival. It was a FREE all day, all ages, event with food trucks galore offering a variety of dishes and cuisines, a ton of vendor booths selling arts, crafts, homemade goods, unique gifts, and gourmet candies/snacks, etc., and best of all LIVE MUSIC performed by 3 different bands and a live DJ set. The vibe was awesome and it was good to see so many smiling faces gathering in one place. Also, it was nice not to see a majority of overly intoxicated people stumbling around but instead seeing positive people bringing nothing but good vibes, great dancing, and in high spirits celebrating 420. Weather wasn't too kind that day but you can't really be mad at mother nature lol. I would definitely come back to Caras Park to attend this annual event. Big thank you to all who helped make this block party happen!

This place has great events during the summer. Every Wednesday they have out to lunch event from…read more11-2. Live music with plenty of food trucks. Nice play ground and carousel for the children. The river is nice to see and easy to access with some good shoes. The parking area is not free, unfortunately I did not realize that until a parking ticket was waiting for me as I was heading out.

Love splash Montana however if they are going to enforce no food they need to monitor better. I had…read morean apple and manager approached and said no food allowed! Last week I came and people had a full spread of fruit on grass area the entire 4 hours and no one said anything. So maybe someone should walk around and share info with everyone. I asked and was told everyone brings snacks I alway buy from concession lunch and xtra's.

Great family place with a friendly and responsible staff. Restrooms are clean but smellread more

The folks living near this 42 acre park are lucky. A oasis in Missoula with lots of trees and a…read morecreek called the Rattlesnake Creek running through it. When I was there it seemed that many locals had walked to the park with their dogs. They are supposed keep their dogs on a lease per local ordinance though three people were letting the dogs run around of the lease. This is a problem especially when the dogs are not well trained and jump up on strangers. I was not to happy about a wet dog jumping on me. There is a small free parking area near Spruce Street with boards put up by the local Audubon Society to educate visitors to what type of birds like the park. Most of the park was donated by The Greenough Family in 1902.

Greenough Park is many things to many people. While it definitely is one of Missoula's oldest…read moreparks, with all the amenities that one would expect to find in a Montana park of this type: hiking trails, picnic areas, and plenty of open & wooded areas to enjoy, there is much more. It's a Central turning-point to a ying-yang gear, A Zen way-station for transitioning to and from. It's a source of inspiration and a place to forget. A location to vanish into the ether, returning only when you choose. A point to recharge. Without a doubt, Greenough Park is one of my most favorite and cherished places on the planet, and is the soul of the Missoula community. Given as a gift to the city of Missoula by Thomas and Tennessee Greenough in 1902 so that the residents of Missoula would always have a place "during the heated days of summer, the beautiful days of autumn and the balmy days of spring find a comfortable, romantic and poetic retreat." (With one catch: attempt to develop it and the ownership would immediately revert to the Greenough heirs) the park's one-hundred plus history has seen its share of change and alteration, but for the most part has remained untouched by the areas encroaching development. And while Missoula doesn't have near the stress & tension found in a megapolis, it's still great asset to have that give you an opportunity to have a picnic in the woods, meditate or read a book by the creek, or get "lost" for an hour or an afternoon on one of the many trails. The park and space mean different things to different people. So much so, that if you were to ask ten different people what Greenough means to them, you would probably get ten very unique answers. So, the best thing one could do is to visit. Sit by the flowing waters of the Rattlesnake, or explore the many trails and come away with your own perspective. It's definitely time well-spent

As noted by others, Travelers Rest State Park contains the only physically verified campsite of the…read moreLewis and Clark Expedition of 1804-1806. The Park is well worth a visit if you are nearby. There is a ver nice interpretive center, walking trails and access to Lolo creek. I particularly enjoyed the Creek access. Lewis and Clark camped here twice. Once on the first leg of their journey traveling west and then on their return east. On their return the expedition temporarily split up to explore independently. This was the place they split so this is indeed a historical spot. I visited with my children and grandchildren. The kids particularly enjoyed wading in Lolo Creek as did our Labrador Retriever Gigi who retrieved lots of sticks. I am very glad we took the time to visit and highly recommend Travelers Rest Park.

This is only the second site along the Lewis and Clark trail where physical evidence of the Corps…read moreof Discovery has been found. This is one of the few spots where the Corps stopped both on the westward and eastbound legs of their journey. It was a serendipity discovery made when archelogists were trying to calibrate an instrument that detected magnetic anomolies. They moved it about 300 feet from a power line and turned it on. Amazingly, the instrument detected metal traces. By moving it around they found a rectangular area of trace mercury depositions. They had found the latrine for the Corps! The mercury was from soldiers taking a laxative pill called "Dr. Rush's Thunderbolts" that contained mercurous chloride (calomel). In the weeks the Corps camped nearby, the members of the expedition "excreted" enough of the medication to permit a thin layer to be detected. By referring to the Army Field Manual used by Lewis, who did everything by the book, they were able to find the camp, just 200 feet away. There they uncovered some bits of melted lead dropped from making bullets and found evidence of a blacksmith operation. There is an small museum that tells more of the story of Lewis and Clark. Occasionally, you may also find local reenactors who have set up a replica of what the Corps of Discovery's camp might have looked like. When in Lolo, visit Traveler's Rest!

One day, my children will remember the tiny towns that we visited on road trips based on the epic…read moreplaygrounds that we stopped at along the way.... and this one was certainly memorable. For a seemingly small town, this was a LARGE playground - with lots of different equipment for kids of all ages. It looked like different structures had been installed at different times as some were quite aged and others looked newer. Some large tractor tires were a particular hit with my kids - which seems to be some kind of trademark of Montana playgrounds. LOTS of tall trees meant that there was some shade to picnic in around the outside of the playground. There was also some kind of sports field in the vicinity. No idea when we might drive into Montana again - but if we do, this would DEFINITELY be a place my kids would like to stop!

This is a small park right by the hotel that I stayed at. I stopped here a few times on my trip to…read moresome steps in and also enjoy the spectacular views. There is a nice trail that goes through the park if you want to get a real walk/run in. My favorite part of the trip was one evening when I sat on the embankment and enjoyed some quiet time looking at the river and taking in the views of the mountains.

Great place! Kids and adults have a lot of fun! Will come back! A lot of different activities!read more

From the moment we arrived it was not pleasant. The computer check in system did not work, the…read morestaff were not friendly, and the rules were strictly enforced without regard for the ages of the children. Our 3 yr old granddaughter was pulled out of the ball pit to "check the socks" for no apparent reason. The workers "reminded" us three times that they accept tips...definitely would not recommend.