Absolutely beautiful hike. Took me just under an hour and a half. The views were stunning and even…read moresaw some fun wildlife.

The prompt: "Amazing! What went well?"…read more Nothing. I'm trying to recount the amount of bad times in my life that I've had that could compare to this one, and I'm grasping at straws. First of all, I didn't park in the parking lot because I guess I'm stupid. I plugged the mountain into the GPS and it took me to the nearest trailhead (not the parking lot associated with it). GIS data am I right? It's brilliant, but not intuitive.... Typically engineer stuff. It's like having Spock as your right hand man. Anyway, I park by these beautiful houses, I take my beasts out to roam.. with the intent of throwing rocks into the, "H" that overlooks our town as a gesture of solidarity. Meanwhile, Jacksie (my little baby girl) she's hormonal because she's about to start... SHE DISAPPEARED. I guess you could say I got, gone girl'd. Me and Djinn submitted, and did our civic duty, and then we hoofed it looking for, Jacksnthebox. Didn't find her. Where is she? I got a text shortly thereafter saying, "hey is your white dog missing?". Yes. "She's at XYZ address, you should scoop her." Me and Djinnyrd Skynyrd went grab the original beast; got there, picked her up, and started looking for my car... which at this point I realized, I had lost. Finally found the car, and quickly learned that I had lost my keys during the hike. (Fell out of my pocket.). Happy 4th of July, Marcus. "May Zeus strike you with lightning, and your tears fall on the feet of Aphrodite." Anyway... a 2 day ordeal, 30 miles worth of walking, blisters on my feet, AAA, and a locksmith turned it out alright. Happy 4th, Holmes. :) ..but truly though... can your worst day be that bad with these views? It's so beautiful here.

Pros: Staff are awesome, friendly, and knowledgeable. Parking is easy. There is a store with food,…read moredrinks, and clothing. The area is beautiful. Cons: The boat that is covered gets hot inside, unless there is a cool breeze. If you are in the covered boat and not seated at a window, you will miss the majority of sites that are called out during the narration. Views are very limited. If the boat is full, you can't really walk and hang out on the back of the boat which is open air. The boat moves very slow. Did I mention it gets warm? My advice: if an option, take the open air boat (Sacajawea) where there is no cover (bring sunscreen). Check to see if they rent pontoons or other boats. Just an ok experience and wouldn't do it again.

We didn't think that the boat tour lived up to the hype. If you're local or have lots of time on…read moreyour hands go for it, it's a nice boat ride and the staff is wonderful. Food at the cafe looked good too. If you're a tourist budgeting your time you might want to pass. On our two hour boat ride we learned a bit about the area, Lewis & Clark and the flora & fauna. The ride itself was basically looking at rock cliffs, pine trees and spinning around in circles for different views. With the required half hour early request and a little time after the tour it took about three hours of our time.

We were wanting to explore and hike the Helena area after visiting downtown…read more Quick search of best things to see and do, and Spring Meadow Lake state park came up. I think it was overrated. Only a few miles from downtown, and I think it was $8 fee for daily use. We expected to be there for quite a while but quickly realized when we got there it was probably going to be an hour or less. We walked around the lake 2x and I took some pictures and it was probably about an hour. There definitely was not much to do or see. There is a lake and there was a paddleboard class, there are ducks and birds, and there were some people eating lunch. I would not say this is a hidden gem or a gem, but if you want a park in the area it serves that purpose. I was expecting more based on the glowing recommendation for a top thing to see and do in Helena.

Spring meadow State park is a gem within the City of Helena. I often go there to paddle board and…read moreswim. It's small enough to paddle board around the entire lake, but deep enough to swim. I love it!

Our family stayed here a while ago, in our trailer. It was our maiden voyage, and we needed to…read morefigure out how the trailer was, and what we might need for longer trips, etc.. First off Black Sandy is a great location, we had a spot literally right on the water in front of the ropes swimming area, and my girls had a blast swimming and enjoying themselves. We had a campfire and roasted marshmallows and enjoyed our time. We had power for our trailer, but I took one star off because there was no water or dump station. The main thing we figured out on this trip was that with two adults and three children, Water is a 100% must. We actually ran out of water in the evening late, and since we only lived a mile away, we drove home. Now we only go where there is full service of electricity, water, and a dump station. For anyone else, though, that doesn't have so many people, this is an ideal place to take a small vacation and we recommend it highly if you don't need a water connection.

Nice little spot to enjoy some time exploring. There is hiking, there is a lake, there are picnic…read moretables, and portable bathrooms. I think it was $8 or so for the daily use fee. The drive in on from the main road was 2-3 miles of bumpy dirt road, but not too bad at all. Easily made it in with a kia sedan rental car. We saw a deer on the side of the road on the entry into the park and we also saw a deer across from our picnic table. Definitely some wildlife in the area. We spent about an hour there relaxing and sight seeing and then it was off to some other nearby spots.

Park was without hook ups, 2 out houses on site 1 handicap site with concrete for parking on…read more The trails all around park are nice,the Madison River runs near trails but is a little awkward to get to for us over 60's Would we return to this park...NO

Five hundred and thirty two acres of impressive scenery including three rivers, the Jefferson,…read moreMadison, and Gallatin, that merge right in front of you to begin the Missouri River. Aside from the historical aspect of this site in the Lewis and Clark expedition, there are other reasons to stop and visit: campsites, foot-trails, and rafting, and picnicking. Plus, during the summer there are speakers available from the park service and the nearby University of Montana. Headwaters is a busy park, there's always something going on, but if you have the time, it's a beautiful park to explore, see wildlife, birdwatch, hike and maybe even kayak or raft down the rivers.

Stayed only a day, but it was great. First-rate management. The water hookup was especially…read moreconvenient and it was easy to park. We were in space 22.

It's there first season open for winter…read more The first site they put us in, the water pressure was at 20 and no internet. They moved us. Second site was much better put hubby add to modify the sew pipe that had in ground, was way to high with no slop. So, the wind here can be very high, 50-60 mph , so make sure you have your skirting secured. They Do Not do snow removal at camp ground. Other then these issues , we did enjoy our stay. We got to see rams and prong horns. They roamed all over the came ground was cool.

Right in the heart of Bozeman, how cool!…read more I was up early on a Monday morning and wanted to take a little wander around before a longer morning hike. Decided to wander up here, and am happy I did. Granted, the clouds were pretty low this morning, so I'm not sure I got the full effect, but it was still neat. The only thing that was concerning is there was one off leash dog that was a little scary -- it made it so I couldn't do the loop around; it was snarling and offputting. Besides that: nice to see so many active people in the morning. When the weather is cooperative, this is a great little spot right in the heart of town. 2026: 45/2026

Very nice park. I had a very lovely walk. Temperature was great…read more LOTS OF DOGS! I love dogs but if you are scared or don't, this might not be the park for you. They are off leash too, not all but most. My dog would love coming to this park. Beautiful views

My friend Laura and I had the best time here today. She's lived here for like 15 years and had…read morenever been nor had I. Our tour guide was Christopher and he was just the BEST. He had an amazing knowledge of the caves and their history. We also enjoyed the gift shop and the restaurant after. We were starving from our cave exploration so the Bison burger hit just right!! Yum! We both expressed that we think our kids would also love the caves!! This is a gorgeous hour drive from Bozeman that I also thoroughly enjoyed.

You must reserve the cave tours online before going. I had problems booking the tour, because my…read moreprimary browser would not display the CAPTCHA (are you a robot) link. They do not sell tickets at the site, and most tours are sold out by the date of the tours. There are two tours, both requiring a mile of walking round-trip to the cave entrance and back. The gravel road is wide and flat, and I do not understand why they don't have a shuttle, since the groups are fairly small. Also, we arrived early, but they refused to let us go on an earlier tour, even though there were several no-shows. So, we had to sit around for an extra hour, for no reason. They have a nice little visitor center with a good video, which our guide basically repeated on the tour. There is also a cafe and ample parking. We took the easier Paradise tour. From the cave entrance, we walked an additional 300 yards round-trip to the first of the two rooms on the tour. They say the other tour has a few additional, small rooms, and requires climbing up and down hundreds of steps, and squeezing through tight, slippery pathways. On our tour, the first room was small, but nice. The second room is the largest on either tour, and was quite beautiful. Even so, it was a lot of driving and walking for a couple of rooms. I've been to several, much more extensive caverns. I wouldn't put this at the top of my to do list in Montana, but the main cavern room is beautiful and the park is very scenic.