This is my favorite park in Butte! Great place to have a Hamilton picnic. I especially love it at…read moreChristmas time when the display declarations from Meaderville!

Awesome playground and fun for kids. Perfect rest stop for our family of 6 on our summer roadtrip…read more Playground is amazing, has slides, swings, zip line, climbing wall, walking path, bathrooms, open field, trees, pavilion, baseball field. Shade and sun options . Across the parking lot there looked to be a water park and carousel. Highly recommend this stop.

The bus ride was incredibly bumpy which was never disclosed. My head almost hit the ceiling…read moremultiple times and I am 5'4. I understand the road is washed out, but there was no disclaimer for the bus ride. This could be extremely dangerous for anyone, let alone elderly and disabled people. The tour guide was kind, but we couldn't hear him during the bus ride. They need a speaker. The statue is awesome and it's a great view. I guess my complaints are only because the tickets were a little steep in price.

Saw this years ago from a distance when I was driving through Butte. Finally had a chance to come…read moreback and check it out. Had a wonderful, whimsical trip here! The story behind it is so inspiring, the trip up is bumpy but fun, and the actual statue is incredible. This is one of the largest statues in the US. Totally worth a visit.

We bought lunch and ate here. Shaded picnic area. Nicely maintained park. Restrooms, young child…read moreplayground and separate older child playground. Restrooms were clean.

Well-maintained, large neighborhood park with playground equipment, picnic tables and a summer…read moresplash pad that's great for young kids. Pet owners be aware -- dogs not allowed! This is not well marked (the one park sign is easy to miss). But the busybodies will call animal control on you for walking an on-leash, quiet, well-behaved dog (instead of helpfully talking to you directly to inform you of the rule).

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.

Absolutely worth the stop. This ranch was acquired by the NPS with all the original documents,…read morefurnishings, out buildings and conveyances. This is a working ranch. In summer staff grow, cut and store hay in the way thenoriginal ranchers did. A chuck wagon is set up by the barns where staff cook over an open fire and tell stories of cattle ranching. And yes, they do still have cattle on the ranch. Besides a tour of the home and many barns, bunkhouse and sheds, there are multiple trails to enjoy. This area gets quite hot in the summer so be sure to have water and sun protection. In winter it's windy and cold, so dress warm. A good amount of both car and RV parking is available. Public restrooms near the visitor center and the house. If in the area, this is definitely worth a visit for an hour or a day. Picnic tables are availble for guests use.

I wasn't really sure what was the historical significance of this to warrant NPS status, until I…read moredid the tour of the historic ranch house and read some of the displays. Essentially, when people think of the Wild West and the cowboys, it was only a small period of time due to mild weather. As the United States expanded westward and the Native Americans and bison were being pushed out or killed, there were large tracts of unsettled grassland. Anyone could set up shop or a house or trading post without much fuss. The cattle industry expanded and so large herds of cattle lived on the open range mostly unattended until the spring round up to brand calves and separate out mature animals to sell. Hence, the cowboys were used for this hard work. The industry collapsed as overgrazing led to to insufficient winter forage, especially during the harsh winter of 1886-1887, when hundreds of thousands of cattle died. Bison were able to get through the snow for forage, but cattle could not. Also, the invention of barbed wire led to the parceling and ownership of private land, cutting down on the open range available for cattle to graze on. This park preserves one of the ranches of the time when cattle were grazing on the open range. There's cattle, horses, chickens, and barn cats to see, as well as many historic farm equipment. It was very fun to explore and clarified a time in US history I didn't give much thought to before.

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!

Parking by the information center and the base of the stack is nearby…read more You can't get close to the stack, but you can see it closer with the scope. Lots of information about the mining in the circle.

Lots of information and you can't miss the smoke stack as your driving in to town. Nice place to…read morestop and take pictures you don't see smokestacks like this everyday.

A little well maintained park on the Main Street of town with picnic tables and lots of green…read moregrass. It's also one of the only shaded places in town there is also a pit toilet and it's clean.