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Travelers’ Rest State Park

Travelers’ Rest State Park

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Open daily 9 am - 5 pm year round, except closed Thanksgiving Day & December 25. Visitor Center Nov 24, 2019 - May 2, 2020 Open 10 am - 4 pm Wednesday - Saturday, Sundays 12 pm - 4 pm. Closed March 17-20 for a staff meeting, and closed Mondays, Tuesdays, Thanksgiving Day & November 29, December 24 & 25 and January 1. May 26 - September 7: Open daily 9:30 am - 4:30 pm.
406-273-4253
lat: 46.753308 long: -114.0899468

Travelers’ Rest State Parks provides the unique opportunity to experience significant cultural heritage in a natural setting. With the only archaeologically verified campsite of the Lewis and Clark Expedition in the nation, Travelers’ Rest has walking trails that lead visitors around the site, offering a chance to reflect on their momentous journey. Centuries before Lewis and Clark, this site has long been known and used by Native peoples, notably the Salish. Travelers’ Rest acknowledges that significance and offers opportunities to learn from and about the Bitterroot Salish, Pend d’Oreille, and Nez Perce people. The combination of a trail system and the natural setting of Travelers’ Rest State Park provides the local community a place to recreate, watch wildlife, and connecting with their heritage.

Travelers’ Rest State Parks marks an important stopping point for the Corps of Discovery both on their way to the Pacific Ocean on September 9 – 11, 1805 and during their return home from June 30 – July 3, 1806.

Nearly 200 years later in the summer of 2002, archaeologists exploring the area found evidence of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. These findings, according to the National Parks Service, included “a trench latrine tainted with mercury, fire hearths, and lead used in the repair and manufacture of firearms. The discovery makes Travelers’ Rest the only campsite on the Lewis and Clark Trail with physical evidence of the expedition.”

Available Activities include:

  1. Archaeology
  2. Bicycling
  3. Bird Watching
  4. Children’s Activities
  5. Cultural
  6. Education
  7. Exhibit
  8. Fishing
  9. Fly Fishing
  10. Heritage
  11. Hiking
  12. History
  13. Lewis And Clark
  14. Museum
  15. Nature
  16. Photography
  17. Picnicking
  18. Sightseeing
  19. Stream Fishing
  20. Visitor Center
  21. Wildlife Viewing

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Morony Dam Trail

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Old Buffalo Trail 3

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Beaver Creek to Hauser Lake

lat: 46.6822743 long: -111.8215701
Upper Hauser Lake to Missouri River

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Blackfoot River Beginning

lat: 46.9502198 long: -113.3787584
Hole in the Wall to Judith Landing

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Lewis and Clark Highway

lat: 44.97475 long: -113.44537
Missouri River to Hauser Dam

lat: 46.7649385 long: -111.8858237
Lolo Trail to Nee Me Poo Trail #40

lat: 46.58654 long: -114.73281
Portage Camp Overlook

lat: 47.5052849 long: -111.3007715
Decision Point

lat: 47.9249036 long: -110.4985534
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