All 56 Montana Counties: Complete Guide & Directory
Montana's 56 counties span glaciers to badlands. Explore every county with travel highlights, population data, county seats, and regional guides.
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Robert Hayes
Robert Hayes is an outdoors and wildlife voice for RoamingMontana.com, covering hunting, gemstones, wildlife, and Montana's wild places. Roaming Montana uses named editorial personas to organize content by topic area. All content is produced by the Roaming Montana editorial team.
Langville, Montana: The Town That Disappeared
Is Langville, Montana real? Unpack the urban legend of the vanished town — Ghostbusters connection, Mandela Effect, and what actually…
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Absaroka Range, Montana: A Local’s Complete Guide to Yellowstone’s Volcanic Eastern Wall
Mount Cowen, Emigrant Peak, Yellowstone's eastern wall, and the most remote place in the Lower 48. A local's guide to…
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Little Belt Mountains, Montana: A Local’s Guide to Yogo Sapphires, the Smith River, and Central Montana’s Best-Kept Secret
Big Baldy Mountain, Yogo sapphires, the Smith River permit float, and Showdown Ski Area. A local's guide to central Montana's…
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Flint Creek Range, Montana: A Local’s Guide to the Compact, Rugged Range Between Philipsburg and Deer Lodge
Mount Powell, Philipsburg silver mining, Discovery Ski Area, and Lost Creek State Park. A local's guide to the compact but…
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Highwood Mountains, Montana: A Local’s Guide to Great Falls’ Island Range
Great Falls' island range, the type locality of shonkinite rock, and a Charlie Russell landscape. A local's guide to hiking…
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Lewis Range, Montana: A Local’s Complete Guide to Glacier National Park’s Iconic Spine
Mount Cleveland, Chief Mountain, Going-to-the-Sun Road, the Lewis Overthrust — a local's guide to Glacier National Park's iconic eastern spine.
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Cabinet Mountains, Montana: A Local’s Guide to One of the Wildest Ranges in the Lower 48
One of the wildest mountain ranges in the Lower 48. Snowshoe Peak, the Cabinet-Yaak grizzlies, the Rock Creek Mine fight,…
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Livingston Range, Montana: A Local’s Guide to Glacier’s Wild Western Spine
Glacier's wild western spine — Kintla Peak, Bowman Lake, Polebridge, and the most remote sector of the park. A local's…
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Bighorn Mountains, Montana: An Honest Local’s Guide to a Range That’s Mostly in Wyoming
The truth about Montana's slice of the Bighorn Mountains — what's actually in Montana, what's just over the line, and…
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Madison Range, Montana: A Local’s Complete Guide to Lone Mountain, the Spanish Peaks, and the Range That Cracked Open in 1959
Hilgard Peak, Lone Mountain, the Spanish Peaks, and the 1959 earthquake that created Quake Lake. A local's guide to hiking…
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Gallatin Range, Montana: A Local’s Complete Guide to Bozeman’s Backyard Wilderness
Electric Peak, Hyalite Canyon, the Gallatin Petrified Forest, and one of the world's top ice climbing venues. A Bozeman local's…
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