Day Trippin' › Montana › From Lewistown
From Lewistown, Ackley Lake is under 40 minutes away, the Upper Musselshell Museum under an hour, Great Falls' C.M. Russell Museum about an hour and 40, and Billings a little over two hours. The best day trips from Lewistown, by drive time.
41 places within a 3-hour drive, by real roads.
Lake · 39 min west
A quiet reservoir with views of the Little Belt and Snowy mountains for fishing, boating and swimming.
Museum · 55 min southwest
Small free museum in Harlowton with Ava, a small horned dinosaur found nearby, plus local history.
Museum · 1 hr 39 min west
A Great Falls museum devoted to the cowboy artist Charles M. Russell and other western and Indigenous art.
Town · 1 hr 39 min west
The Electric City on the Missouri River, with five hydro dams, Charles M. Russell's art, downtown murals and about 53 miles of river trail.
Wildlife refuge · 1 hr 58 min south
A small park near Greycliff that protects a busy black-tailed prairie dog colony.
Trail · 1 hr 47 min west
A rugged limestone canyon on Belt Creek near Belt with an old railroad grade, mine ruins and historic cabins.
Museum · 1 hr 57 min east
A Jordan museum in Hell Creek country with a T. rex skull, a Triceratops cast and other local dinosaur finds.
Historic site · 2 hr 2 min west
A mile-long sandstone cliff near Great Falls, possibly the largest bison jump in North America, with a visitor center on buffalo culture.
Historic site · 2 hr 34 min southeast
A sandstone butte above the Yellowstone River east of Billings where William Clark carved his name, with a visitor center on the expedition.
Museum · 2 hr 44 min southwest
A big natural and cultural history museum at Montana State University in Bozeman, with a dinosaur hall that includes the Big Mike T. rex and a planetarium.
Historic site · 2 hr 57 min southeast
The site near Crow Agency of the 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn, with Last Stand Hill, the Indian Memorial and a 4.5-mile tour road.
State park · 2 hr 10 min west
A day-use park on the Missouri River in Great Falls built around one of the country's largest freshwater springs, with a fish hatchery and trails.
Zoo · 2 hr 21 min south
A Billings zoo and botanical garden with grizzlies, wolves, an Amur tiger, red pandas and many rescued animals.
Hot spring · 2 hr 45 min southwest
A historic hot springs resort in Paradise Valley near Pray with outdoor soaking pools open to day visitors.
Town · 2 hr 13 min southeast
Montana's largest city on the Yellowstone River, with a western downtown, museums, ZooMontana and the Rimrocks above town.
Drive times are by road on a typical day from ZIP 59457 (OpenStreetMap data with the OSRM route planner). Facts checked against official sites; passes and hours change, so check before you go.