List of Counties

List of Towns

Points of Interest

Capital: Helena

Largest city: Billings

Admission to Union: November 8, 1889 (41st)

Highest point: Granite Peak, 12,807 ft

Lowest point: Kootenai River, 1,800 ft

Montana’s name comes from the Spanish word mountain

Montana is known as "Big Sky Country"

Montana has no sales tax

Most UFO sightings in the USA

Largest USAF base in the USA

Dino 1855

B-Rex blood found

The First Nations

Little Big Horn

Sitting Bull

Crazy Horse

'Made in Montana'

Montana has the largest grizzly bear population in the lower 48 states.

The town of Ekalaka was named for the daughter of the famous Sioux chief, Sitting Bull

Combination, Comet, Keystone, Black Pine, and Pony are names of Montana ghost towns.

The density of the state is six people per square mile

Montana is home to seven Indian reservations

State of Montana

Montana state seal

About Montana

Montana is a rare and special place. Our Big Sky, open land, majestic mountains and friendly people combine to make Montana the “Treasure State”. 

Montana has yielded some of the world's most significant dinosaur discoveries. The fifteen stops along the Montana Dinosaur Trail allow you to discover these paleontological treasures for yourself.

Yellowstone National Park is the world's first National Park, also the largest in the United States. Yellowstone was designated the world's first national park on March 1, 1872, with the area remaining largely in the same natural state as it was more than 123 years ago.

Glacier National Park was established in 1910. It is a land of mountain ranges carved by prehistoric ice rivers. It features alpine meadows, deep forests, waterfalls, about 50 glistening glaciers and 200 sparkling lakes.