Bozeman Montana & Big Sky Vacations

Just 45 miles north of Big Sky; Bozeman MT, is an excellent choice for a day trip or weekend excursion.

Overview

With its eclectic mix of professors, artists, ranchers, and sporting enthusiasts, the small Montana town of Bozeman is the ideal place to reside and recreate. The Bridger, Gallatin, and Tobacco Root Mountains which surround Bozeman provide some of the world's best fly fishing, skiing, hiking and biking. Outdoor enthusiasts from all over the world come to vacation here.

Location

Sitting in the heart of southwestern Montana’s Rocky Mountains, just 45 miles north of Big Sky, Bozeman has clean air, a moderate climate and excellent access to Yellowstone National Park.

Services/Amenities

Bozeman truly has it all. With a population of approximately 30,000, and its close proximity to the Yellowstone National Park, Bozeman is equipped to handle the many visitors that flock to the region each year.

There is a wide variety of lodging choices and many places to catch a meal or enjoy a total dining experience. As home to Montana State University, the community also has a wide selection of entertainment choices to include world-class museums, and arts and cultural opportunities.

Bozeman has a modern hospital, medical facilities, service stations, banks, galleries and other shopping.

Activities

Although at the center of Bozeman's community of friendly people is the college lifestyle surrounding Montana State University, agriculture is the main industry for the region. Much of the land that is not being used as farmland is managed by the United States Forest Service. With over 40% of Gallatin County in the USFS control, recreational uses abound. Summer will find people fly fishing, hiking, camping, climbing, canoeing, and kayaking. Winter months attract those seeking Montana's legendary powder snow.

Fishing, hiking, climbing, canoeing, skiing ... take your pick!

There are a range of day trips to choose from also. These include the Old West, Yellowstone National Park and Madison Valley. However, if you would rather stay closer to town, then try the Historic Bozeman Walking Tours.

Historic Main Street
Historic Main Street is the nucleus of the community and also the original Bozeman Trail. This tour will familiarize you with buildings dating from every significant period of local history. Roughly 700 listings on the National Register of Historic Places can be found within Bozeman's well-preserved core.

Neighborhood Tour
Bozeman's historic neighborhoods include everything from upright and wing farmhouses to Victorian mansions.

Sunset Hills Cemetery Tour
Names and dates, headstones and inscriptions - even the geography of the cemetery - offer clues to how Bozeman's early residents lived and what they valued. This tour recalls many of Bozeman's most prominent citizens.

Attractions

American Computer Museum
This unique museum traces the history of computing technologies from the abacus to the Apple.

Children’s Museum of Bozeman
This converted warehouse space is now the only museum of its kind in the Gallatin Valley. Exhibits include arts and crafts tables, a natural history exhibit, and other displays designed to educate and entertain young minds.

Gallatin County Pioneer Museum
Located in the old county jail, which was in use until 1982; this museum features county history, focusing in part on law enforcement, the area's military history, and local daily life of the past.

The Museum of the Rockies
This first-class museum explains the history, geology, wildlife, and people of the Rocky Mountains all the way back to the Big Bang.

Emerson Cultural Center
Housed in a historic school house (built in 1918), the nonprofit organization hosts a variety of professional and contemporary art exhibits, offers a fine-arts education program, and provides retail and studio space for more than 80 artists in converted schoolrooms.

Yellowstone National Park
The world famous geothermal ecosystem can be found only 80 miles southeast of Bozeman.

Getting Here

It is easy to get from Bozeman to Big Sky or vice versa. US 191 connects the two in a nearly north-south direction. The distance between the two is only 45 miles and will take approximately 1 hour to drive.