Sunday, August 14, 2016

Around Montana in 16 Days

*This trip is planned from Milan, TN*

Day 1:

7am - Leave Milan, TN

30 Minute Pit Stops: 10-10:30, 1:30-2

5:30pm-Camp - Indian Cave State Park, Nebraska

Day 2:

8am - Leave Camp

30 Minute Pit Stops: 11-11:30, 2:30-3

4:30pm-Camp - Buffalo River State Park, Minnesota

Day 3:

8am - Leave Camp

11am-11:30am - 30 Minute Pit Stop

2:30pm-Camp - Makoshika State Park
-history -exhibits -vc -trails -museum -views

Day 4:

7am - Leave Camp

9am-11am - Medicine Rocks State Park
-trails -history -scenic views

30 Minute Pit Stops: 2-2:30, 5:30-6

6:30pm-Camp - Missouri Meadows Campground?

Day 5:

8am - Leave Camp

8:30am-10:30am - First People's Buffalo Jump State Park
-vc -interpretive trail -exhibits -history

1:15pm-Camp - Glacier National Park

1:15pm-2pm - Many Glacier VC
-JR Program

2:20pm-4:30pm - Many Glacier Boat Tour

4:45pm-Camp - Many Glacier Campground

Day 6:

9am - Leave Camp
9:45-10:15 - Saint Mary VC
Going to the Sun Road
10:45-2:30 - Virginia Falls 3.6m RT
-Saint Mary's Falls (1m in to hike)
2:30-3:30 - Sun Point Nature Trail 0.8m OW
3:30-4 - Sunrift Gorge 400ft RT
4:15-Camp - St. Mary's Campground

Day 7:

9am - Leave Camp

9:30-10 - Jackson Glacier Overlook
10:15-10:45 - Logan Pass VC
-Continental Divide Sign
11-11:15 - Weeping Wall
11:20-11:30 - Birdwoman Falls
12:30-2:30 - Avalanche Creek
-Avalanche Lake 4.4m RT (only do 0.5mile in(to footbridge) and return)
-Trail of Cedars 0.7m loop
3-Camp - Fish Creek Campground

Day 8:

9am - Leave Camp

9-10 - Rocky Point 1.1m OW
10:30-11:30 - Forest and Fire Nature Trail
12-12:30 - Polebridge

4pm-Camp - Big Arm/Flathead Lake State Park

Day 9:

8:30am - Leave Camp

8:30am-10:30am - Explore Flathead Lake

11:45am-12:45pm - National Bison Range
-scenic drive -exhibits

1:45pm-3:30pm - Traveler's Rest State Park
-exhibits -vc -history -museum

5pm-Camp - Indian Creek Campground

Day 10:

8:45am - Leave Camp

9am-12pm - Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historical Site
-vc -Jr Program
-walking tour -Grant House tour - Ranch House trail

2pm-4pm - Bighole National Battlefield
-vc/museum/film -jr program
-viewing deck -selfguided tour

5pm-Camp - Bannack State Park
-vc -ghost town

Day 11:

8:15am - Leave Camp

10am-1:30pm - Lewis and Clark Caverns State Park
-trail -cave tour -vc

2:30pm-5:30pm - Museum of the Rockies
-Egg Mountain

5:45pm-Camp - Bear Canyon Campground

Day 12:

8am - Leave Camp

10am-12pm - Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center

3pm-3:30pm - 30 Minute Pit Stop

5pm-Camp - Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
-Barry's Landing Campground

Day 13:

8am - Leave Camp

8am-9am - Devils Canyon Overlook

9:30am-11am - Mason-Lovell Ranch - Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
-Bighorn VC
-JR Program

2pm-3:30pm - Yellowtail VC/Dam

5:30pm-Camp - Billings KOA

Day 14:

8:30am - Leave Camp

9am-10:30am - Pompeys Pillar National Monument
-vc -views -trail

11:15am-1:30pm - Pictograph Cave State Park
-vc -trail -history

2:30pm-6:30pm - Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
-vc/museum -JR Program
-Last Stand/Indian Memorial -Deep Ravine -Custer Cemetery -Reno -Benteen Battlefield
-4.5m driving tour

7pm-Camp - Hardin KOA

Day 15:

8am - Leave Camp

30 Minute Pit Stops: 11-11:30, 2:30-3

6:15pm-Camp - Big Sioux Recreation Area, South Dakota

Day 16:

8am - Leave Camp

30 Minute Pit Stops: 11-11:30, 2:30-3, 6-6:30, 8:30-9

11pm - Milan, TN

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