Road Trip Planning| Miles Kms | Item | Summary |
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| 0.0 0.0 |
City of Helena |
Highway 12 running Southeast from Helena is Also US Highway 287 until the Junction of 287 and 12 at Townsend. |
| 1.0 1.6 |
Historic Point � log cabin |
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| 2.0 3.2 |
Helena Coal Pile |
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| 3.0 4.8 |
National Forest Access |
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| 11.0 17.7 |
Burned forest |
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| 13.0 20.9 |
Pole Creek, beaver dam |
|
| 15.0 24.1 |
Weasel Creek National Forest Access |
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| 16.0 25.7 |
Old brick house, White Earth Campground |
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| 19.0 30.6 |
Kimber Gulf Ranch |
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| 20.0 32.2 |
Silos Campground; Bureau of Reclamation and Bureau of Land Management |
Access to Silos Campground |
| 21.0 33.8 |
Crystal Park riding |
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| 22.0 35.4 |
Canyon Ferry Wildlife Area |
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| 23.0 37.0 |
Canyon Ferry Mansion Guest House |
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| 26.0 41.8 |
Park and campground |
Missouri River, Indian Creek Road Conservation and Wolf Enhancement Area |
| 26.0 41.8 |
Broadwater Museum and Historical Library; camping |
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| 27.0 43.5 |
Townsend and Junction of Highways 287 and 12 |
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| 28.0 45.1 |
Townsend museum and tourist information |
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| 29.0 46.7 |
Townsend Fairgrounds |
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| 30.0 48.3 |
Canyon Ferry State Recreation Area, airport |
Access to Canyon Ferry Recreational Area, Airport |
| 31.0 49.9 |
Water Views |
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| 32.0 51.5 |
Vista- Mountain and Valley |
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| 33.0 53.1 |
Antonyk Ranch, Kamin Grove |
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| 34.0 54.7 |
Montana Elk Company |
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| 36.0 57.9 |
Little red tractor |
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| 37.0 59.5 |
Lippert Gulch Road |
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| 38.0 61.2 |
Creek and foothill views |
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| 39.0 62.8 |
Ross Gulch Road |
National Forest Access |
| 41.0 66.0 |
Helena National Forest Boundary |
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| 42.0 67.6 |
Cabin Gulch |
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| 43.0 69.2 |
National Forest Campground |
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| 44.0 70.8 |
Blacktail Road |
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| 45.0 72.4 |
Burned forest area |
Cedar Bar Trail |
| 46.0 74.0 |
Stream |
|
| 47.0 75.6 |
Cabin tucked in woods |
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| 48.0 77.2 |
Carl Creek Trail |
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| 48.0 77.2 |
Big pines and winding mountain road |
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| 49.0 78.9 |
Helena National Forest |
Skidway and campground |
| 50.0 80.5 |
Ski Area |
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| 51.0 82.1 |
National Forest Access |
Grassy Mountain Guest Ranch and Ski Area, Broadwater County line
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| 53.0 85.3 |
Belt Loop Road |
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| 55.0 88.5 |
High point |
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| 56.0 90.1 |
Vista |
valley views |
| 57.0 91.7 |
Chain Up Area |
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| 58.0 93.3 |
Lone Pine Taxidermy |
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| 61.0 98.2 |
Big Belt Mountains |
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| 61.0 98.2 |
Historic Point: Smith River Valley |
Big Belt Mountains to the west, Castle Mountains to the east. Gulches draining west slope of Big Belts from gold placer diggings; Castle Mountains have quartz mines; Fort Logan established in November 1879; White Sulfur Springs discovered in 1866; water quality identical to that in Baden Baden spa in Germany
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| 62.0 99.8 |
Bucky Road |
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| 64.0 103.0 |
Ford Creek Ranch |
|
| 66.0 106.2 |
Airport |
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| 68.0 109.4 |
Twisted metal clump |
Stone Temple Ranch |
| 72.0 115.9 |
White Sulphur Springs |
Sky Lodge B&B, log house, Stockman Bar, Meather County Courthouse; Lewis & Clark National Forest; Arrowhead Meadows Golf
|
| 73.0 117.5 |
Junction with 89; Showdown Ski Area |
North to Monarch, Armington, Lewis and Clark National Forest |
| 74.0 119.1 |
Prairie dog town, dugout barn |
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| 76.0 122.3 |
Castletown turnoff |
Castle Mountain Cattle Ranch, National Forest Access |
| 79.0 127.1 |
Sluice water |
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| 81.0 130.4 |
National Forest Access |
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| 84.0 135.2 |
Jamison Trail Road National Forest Access |
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| 90.0 144.8 |
Checkerboard Bar |
trailer park and small houses |
| 91.0 146.4 |
Nelson's Corrals |
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| 92.0 148.1 |
Solberg's Cabins |
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| 93.0 149.7 |
Stands of fir, pine and cedar. Buffalo ranch |
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| 95.0 152.9 |
Cattle Ranch in Mountains |
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| 97.0 156.1 |
National Forest Access |
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| 98.0 157.7 |
Auto boneyard |
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| 99.0 159.3 |
Irrigation ditches |
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| 101.0 162.5 |
Belg Mountains |
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| 102.0 164.1 |
National Forest; Daisy Dean Access |
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| 103.0 165.8 |
Charles M. Bair Family Museum |
north fork of Musselshell
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| 103.0 165.8 |
Fishing Access |
reservoir |
| 105.0 169.0 |
Poultry farms, Meagher County line |
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| 108.0 173.8 |
Selkirk fishing access |
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| 109.0 175.4 |
Bug sculpture on fence |
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| 111.0 178.6 |
Wheat fields |
82 |
| 116.0 186.7 |
Haymaker Ranch, Two Dot turnoff |
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| 118.0 189.9 |
Duncan Ranch Colony |
farm produce |
| 119.0 191.5 |
Crazy Mountains ahead, Belt Mountains to the east |
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| 120.0 193.1 |
Town of Two Dot |
Named for a cattle brand |
| 123.0 197.9 |
Historic point � Crazy Mountains |
Mountains named for emigrant woman who escaped from wagon train and was found near mountains; great cattle country
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| 125.0 201.2 |
Needmore Land and Cattle Company Ranch |
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| 126.0 202.8 |
Army National Guard building, national forest access |
No trees. |
| 129.0 207.6 |
Jawbone Creek golf, Harlowtown Antiques, library, historic district and museum, Musselshell Veterans |
Electric train engine display, historic 1908 Graves Hotel and Stockman�s Bar; Milwauke Road Historic District commemorates 70 years, 28,000 settlers
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| 130.0 209.2 |
Harlowtown, Montana |
Refurbished depot, museum in old bank
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| 132.0 212.4 |
Crazy Mountain views |
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| 136.0 218.9 |
Corrals |
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| 137.0 220.5 |
Winn Cook Ranch |
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| 141.0 226.9 |
River bottom |
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| 142.0 228.5 |
Many Gates Ranch |
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| 143.0 230.1 |
Rare Case International A tractor |
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| 144.0 231.7 |
Shoumut Montana stage stop |
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| 146.0 235.0 |
Woodpecker cutouts scattered for several miles |
wetlands |
| 147.0 236.6 |
OK Bar Ranch |
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| 148.0 238.2 |
Deadman�s Basin fishing access |
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| 150.0 241.4 |
Sundance Wildlife Management Area |
Wheatland County
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| 151.0 243.0 |
Barber, Montana |
Little white church in the vale
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| 152.0 244.6 |
Mountains and rolling hills |
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| 153.0 246.2 |
Windmills |
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| 154.0 247.8 |
Green Mountain Angus Ranch; Sundance Wildlife Management Area |
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| 156.0 251.0 |
Red sandstone formations |
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| 157.0 252.7 |
Airport, elevators, Ryegate Bar |
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| 158.0 254.3 |
Wally�s Ranch; Ryegate, Montana |
Antiques, historic point where Chief Joseph and Nez Perce crossed Musselshell River in 1877. Chief Joseph�s tribe traveled from Idaho to Canada, and later surrendered to be confined to reservation
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| 159.0 255.9 |
Log structure |
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| 164.0 263.9 |
High Point |
Farmland views |
| 166.0 267.1 |
Sandstone formations |
Eroded and interesting
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| 167.0 268.7 |
Railroad black bridge |
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| 168.0 270.4 |
Towering sandstone buttes |
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| 169.0 272.0 |
Cushman, Montana |
Big Sky Angus Ranch |
| 172.0 276.8 |
J C Jensen Ranch |
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| 174.0 280.0 |
Lavina, Montana |
Nez Perce trail
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| 175.0 281.6 |
Antique fence posts |
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| 178.0 286.4 |
Mountain views ahead and to east |
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| 179.0 288.1 |
Golden Valley/Musselshell County line |
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| 181.0 291.3 |
Deer Creek Road |
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| 184.0 296.1 |
Mountain views NE |
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| 186.0 299.3 |
Great old bridge, concrete dam |
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| 187.0 300.9 |
River Bottom |
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| 188.0 302.5 |
Verhove Polled Herefords |
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| 190.0 305.8 |
Harper Herefords |
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| 191.0 307.4 |
Current Creek Angus Ranch |
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| 192.0 309.0 |
River View |
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| 193.0 310.6 |
Pinetree Ranch |
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| 194.0 312.2 |
Mountains, pines, river |
203 miles from historic Glendive, Montana |
| 195.0 313.8 |
Historic Point, Horsethief Creek |
Cow Country: open range, marker describes spring roundup
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| 197.0 317.0 |
Roundup, Montana |
Cow Belles corral; museum, Busy Bee Caf�, Antiques, Leaning Cowboy |
| 199.0 320.2 |
Roundup Cemetery |
corrals |
| 200.0 321.9 |
Pine hills to west |
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| 201.0 323.5 |
Mountain views to northeast |
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| 202.0 325.1 |
Old log homestead |
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| 203.0 326.7 |
Graffiti on cement barn |
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| 208.0 334.7 |
Horse Country |
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| 209.0 336.3 |
Nice Old Bridge |
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| 217.0 349.2 |
Yucca and pines in rocks, Musselshell River, ranchhouse and corrals |
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| 219.0 352.4 |
Junction of 310 |
South to Custer, Bighorn |
| 220.0 354.0 |
Mountain views |
Old wood elevator |
| 223.0 358.9 |
Vistas to west |
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| 224.0 360.5 |
Ragged Point Road |
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| 226.0 363.7 |
Queens Point wayside rest, sheep wagon |
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| 227.0 365.3 |
Log Homestead |
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| 232.0 373.4 |
Melstone, Montana |
gas and used tires
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| 233.0 375.0 |
Oil Storage |
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| 234.0 376.6 |
Rosebud/Musselshell County line |
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| 236.0 379.8 |
Diving Buffalo Ranch |
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| 237.0 381.4 |
Reservoir |
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| 239.0 384.6 |
Hay wagon bed |
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| 244.0 392.7 |
Old abandoned Milwaukee Road roadbed |
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| 247.0 397.5 |
Alkalai flats |
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| 248.0 399.1 |
Old homestead � Sumatra Post Office |
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| 250.0 402.3 |
Cell phone towers |
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| 256.0 412.0 |
Rock formation � mushrooms |
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| 257.0 413.6 |
Ingomar, Montana (Sand Springs intersection, Road 102, Ingomar Road North) |
visit historic, interesting Jersey Lilly bar in old Wiley Clark and Greening Bank building. Historic Point: Sheep Shearing Capitol of America; bustling town in 1910, now nearly abandoned
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| 258.0 415.2 |
View of Ingomar, Montana |
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| 260.0 418.4 |
Alkalai flats |
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| 261.0 420.0 |
High Vista |
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| 265.0 426.5 |
Intersection |
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| 269.0 432.9 |
Windmill |
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| 277.0 445.8 |
Creek |
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| 280.0 450.6 |
Brick schoolhouse; Mission Valley Road |
Ghost town, brick commercial building
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| 284.0 457.0 |
Big Porcupine Creek Ranch |
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| 285.0 458.6 |
Big Porcupine Creek Road |
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| 287.0 461.9 |
Creek and wildlife |
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| 294.0 473.1 |
Buttes |
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| 295.0 474.7 |
Ralston�s Arabians |
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| 297.0 478.0 |
Carterville Road |
Agate/antique shop; historic log house
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| 298.0 479.6 |
West Rosebud access, Slaughter House Creek Road |
Fishing and campground on river
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| 299.0 481.2 |
Forsyth, Montana (Junction of US Highway 12 & I-94) |
West on I-94 to Billings, Bighorn, Custer. East to Miles City.
North west via #12 to Townsend, Helena |