List your TOP 3 most beautiful towns in Montana (Great Falls, Bozeman: home, cabinet)

[ElkHunter]

Birney,

Lame Deer,

Broadus.

And Jim Town.

[rickers]

I posted earlier in the thread that there were no beautiful towns in Montana. What a dork I am ! All the towns in Montana are beautiful in their own way and after all, the word is subjective anyway. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. If you're a rock hound and an old mine buff then Butte may be on your list. If you are a nature lover and love tiny river towns Polebridge would fit the bill. My problem is that I just haven't visited enough towns to really name many. I like my former town of Hot springs but it is butt ugly in appearance ! What is beautiful about that town is there are some really great folks there and its location with thermal springs nearby and in town are interesting, I think there over 33 geothermal sites between Camas Prairie and Niarada !

[K-FOX]

1. Plains
2. Lincoln
3. Garnett Ghost Town

[GEORGIAINMT]

Originally Posted by ElkHunter

Birney,

Lame Deer,

Broadus.

And Jim Town.

Elkhunter, you gave me my laugh of the day! Especially adding Jim Town! You are naughty!

For real:
I like Trout Creek, Thompson Falls, Polson.

[mtboy]

Jim Town what a great ..... bar? ha ha

[jimj]

East and West Glacier?

[Reziac]

Central Great Falls.
The historic parts of Bozeman.
Fort Benton.
The historic parts of Livingston.
Plentywood in the summer, like an oasis in the grass.

And perhaps because it's such a contrast, I then thought of Browning during Indian festival days, all bright with dust from flying feet. And then I think of the lyrics to my favourite Dave Stamey song, "Tonopah":

Hot dry and windblown country callin' me
Out where those shadows run so tall
Hot dry and windblown country I can hear you callin' me
Callin' me back to Tonopah

Even places that aren't classically "beautiful" can have their own appeal.... as every plains or desert dweller knows.

[mtboy]

Festivals and such are special... I am partial to Butte myself. St. Patricks day?

[Reziac]

Originally Posted by mtboy

Festivals and such are special... I am partial to Butte myself. St. Patricks day?

I've never been to Butte for St.Paddy's day, tho what with it being an Irish town, doncha know, I'd expect it's a rollicking good time Don't think anyone I knew there is still alive, tho

And Butte may not be pretty, but it's got a million-dollar view from above the Pit!

And on a satellite view, the Pit looks like a gigantic sapphire.

[mtboy]

I know ..... the pit looks huge from satellite! I mean when you look at it from the ground it doesn't seem that big. But from above!! Recently, I noticed a great picture of Butte but couldn't get it. It currently is on the Montana Tech Website (mtech.edu). great picture of uptown Butte with the pit in the background. I suggest everyone check it out cause the brick building look awesome, that is the Butte I think is pretty.