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Trails, rivers & trips
Trail access runs from the park in both seasons — ATV in the summer, snowmobile in the winter — and the Route of the Hiawatha is close enough for a morning. Two rivers meet nearby, and three of the country's better-known parks are within a day's drive.
From the park
Trails
Route of the Hiawatha Bike Trail
A rail-trail through tunnels and over trestles on the Montana–Idaho border.
ATV and snowmobile trails
Trail access from the park for both summer and winter riding.
Nearby
On the water
Clark Fork and St. Regis Rivers
Two rivers meet near St. Regis — fishing, floating, and swimming.
Flathead Lake
1.5 hoursThe largest natural freshwater lake west of the Mississippi.
In season
Winter
Lookout Pass Ski Area
40 minutesDownhill and nordic skiing on the Idaho border.
Montana Snowbowl
1 hourMissoula's ski hill.
Worth the drive
Day trips
National Bison Range
1.5 hoursBison, elk, and pronghorn on 18,000 acres of Mission Valley.
Glacier National Park
3 hoursGoing-to-the-Sun Road and a million acres of northern Rockies.
Yellowstone National Park
5 hoursA long day's drive south, and worth the trip.