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Big Hole National Battlefield
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| Big Hole National Battlefield, Montana |
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Big Hole National Battlefield is a memorial to the people who fought and died here on August 9 and 10, 1877; combatants in a five month conflict that came to be called the Nez Perce. In 1992, legislation incorporated Big Hole National Battlefield with Nez Perce National Historical Park, making it part of a unique park consisting of 38 different sites located in five states; Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. Big Hole National Battlefield is located ten miles west of Wisdom, Montana on state highway 43. From I-15 at Dillon, Montana take highway 287 northwest to Wisdom, then highway 43, ten miles west.. |
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Bannock State Park
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| Bannock State Park, Montana |
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Today a quiet ghost town 25 miles southwest of Dillon, Bannack slumbers alongside Grasshopper Creek, once the source of millions of dollars in precious dust. During its heydey, Bannack was terrorized by renegade Sheriff Henry Plummer, whose desperadoes murdered 102 individuals and robbed countless others. Bannack's law-abiding citizenry rebelled against those atrocities, however. Formation of the "Vigilantes" spelled an end to Plummer's forays. Twenty-eight of his murderous gang, including Plummer himself, were hanged. Some on a gallows previously built by the outlaw sheriff. The remnants of some 60 buildings remain as mute testimony to its rich and oft times violent beginnings. Visitors can relive that era during annual "Bannack Days", staged on the third weekend of July. Bannack was made a part of the Montana Park System in 1954 and now is open year-round during daylight hours.. |
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Beaverhead Rock
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| Dillon, MT |
| (406) 834-3413 |
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Sacagawea recognized this huge landmark, resembling the head of a swimming beaver, while traveling with the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1805. Site can be viewed and photographed from a distance but is not directly accessible. The site is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Beaverhead Rock State Park is located on the Beaverhead River 25 miles from the mouth on the right hand side as you face down stream. Poindexter Slough is the next access site up stream from Beaverhead Rock. 14 miles south of Twin Bridges on Montana 41. (Lat 45.385, Lng -112.46). |
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Clark's Lookout State Park
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| Dillon, MT 59725 |
| (406) 834-3413 |
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Clark's Lookout State Park is located just 1 mile north of Dillon off Highway 91. Near the paved parking lot, interpretive signs explain navagational methods used by the expedition. Make the short walk to the top of the lookout and you'll discover a magnficent view of the Beaverhead Valley and a monument showing the the three compass readings that Captain Clark took on that day. Clark's Lookout State Park is located on the Beaverhead River 47 miles from the mouth on the left hand side as you face down stream. Poindexter Slough is the next access site up stream from Clark's Lookout. In Dillon on I-15 at Montana 41 exit, .5 mile south, then 1 mile north on Old State Hwy 91 (Lat 45.235, Lng -112.634). |
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Beaverhead Rock State Park
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| Dillon, Montana 59725 |
| (406) 834-3413 |
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Beaverhead Rock State Park is located on the Beaverhead River 25 miles from the mouth on the right hand side as you face down stream. Poindexter Slough is the next access site up stream from Beaverhead Rock. Sacagawea recognized this huge landmark, resembling the head of a swimming beaver, while traveling with the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1805. Site can be viewed and photographed from a distance but is not directly accessible. The site is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Directions: 14 miles south of Twin Bridges on Montana 41. (Lat 45.385, Lng -112.46)
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