NORTHWEST MONTANA

from Pure Montana 2023-24

ARTHUR AVENUE, BILLINGS

Northwest Montana begins at the eastern edge of Glacier National Park, where an ocean of prairie smacks into the Rocky Mountains. This 100-milewide region reaches west and south across the North Fork, Flathead, and Tobacco Root Valleys, all the way to the Idaho border.

You’ll find three of the state’s fastest-growing towns in the cradle of the Flathead Valley. At the confluence of the Flathead River, Columbia Falls is emerging as the Gateway to Glacier, thanks to its excellent outdoors access and a revitalized downtown with new businesses emerging seemingly every day. Kalispell, the county seat, is the geographical, cultural, and economic center of the region. And Whitefish is the valley’s quintessential resort town, with Whitefish Lake and Whitefish Mountain Resort for year-round recreation.

Seeking even greater serenity and seclusion outside the Flathead Valley? Along the 60-mile stretch between Whitefish and the Canadian border, you’ll find true Montana character and small-town values in communities like Trego, Olney, and Eureka, as well as the rugged Cabinet Mountains. Travel upriver on the North Fork of the Flathead River into a deep valley that ends at the Canadian border, for off-grid living. There are so many options in Northwest Montana, whether you’re drawn to a downtown townhome, a lakefront property, or to land that feels like wilderness.