Miles City
Around Miles City
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Countryside and towns · Montana · 26k people
Miles City
Locals say Southeast Montana · “Cowboy Country”
Big skies, open range, and honest work
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Welcome to Southeast Montana, where the prairie meets the badlands and the Yellowstone runs wide. Here you'll find a community that values hard work, open skies, and a good rodeo. Pull up a chair at a local diner, and you'll soon feel at home.
Clubs for Miles City
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The room
One room for everyone around Miles City. It never closes; when it's busy it splits into tables. Once you're in, you stay until you leave.
Ask the neighbours
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Marketplace
Things for sale, free and wanted, and rooms for rent, from people around Miles City. Sign in to sell something.
Things to do
- Range Riders Museum Frontier and ranching history, including a large collection of horse-drawn vehicles.
- Medicine Rocks State Park Sandstone pillars with ancient petroglyphs and scenic hiking.
- St. Labre Mission Catholic mission and school on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation, with a museum.
- Fort Keogh 19th-century cavalry post, now a USDA livestock research station.
- Yellowstone River Prime fishing, floating, and wildlife viewing.
- Custer National Forest Badlands and pine-covered buttes for hiking and hunting.
- Outdoors Float the Yellowstone River
- Outdoors Hike the badlands in Custer National Forest
- With kids Attend the county fair
- With kids Visit the Range Riders Museum
- Evenings Catch live country music at a local saloon
- Evenings Dance at the Miles City Elks Club
- Locals love Rodeo arenas
- Locals love Small-town diners
Through the year
- Miles City Bucking Horse Sale May The region's signature rodeo and horse sale, drawing crowds for over 70 years.
- Eastern Montana Fair August County fair with livestock shows, carnival, and local exhibits in Miles City.
- Northern Cheyenne Powwow July Annual gathering in Lame Deer celebrating Northern Cheyenne heritage with dance and song.
- St. Labre Indian School Powwow August Powwow and cultural celebration at the mission in Ashland.
- Powder River County Fair August Small-town fair in Broadus with rodeo, 4-H exhibits, and community barbecue.
Semi-arid continental climate with cold winters and hot summers; precipitation is low and skies are often clear. Best: Late spring (May–June) and early fall (September) are the most pleasant times to be out.
Talk like a local
- “the breaks”
- The rugged, broken terrain along rivers and creeks.
- “crick”
- A creek or small stream.
- “coulee”
- A gully or small valley, often dry.
- “draw”
- A small drainage or valley.
Getaways
- Hardin Visit Little Bighorn Battlefield and the Crow Fair.
- Glendive–Sidney See Makoshika State Park and float the Yellowstone.
- Billings Enjoy ZooMontana, the Rimrocks, and bigger-city amenities.
- Sheridan Check out King's Saddlery and the Bighorn Mountains.
Local flavour
Rooting for Montana State Bobcats, Montana Grizzlies, Denver Broncos
Eat and drink
- Beef brisket Slow-cooked over mesquite or in a local steakhouse
- Bison burger Lean, local bison from the surrounding ranches
- Frybread A staple of Northern Cheyenne and Crow cuisine, often served with chokecherry jam
- Chokecherry jam Wild chokecherries gathered along the river banks
- Cowboy coffee Strong, black coffee brewed over an open fire at roundups
Where people go
- Rodeo arenas Where the Miles City Bucking Horse Sale and local rodeos take place
- Working ranches Cattle and sheep operations spread across the prairie
- Badlands Eroded buttes and rock formations, like those near Ekalaka
- Yellowstone River breaks The river's meandering path and its cottonwood-lined banks
- Small-town diners Grain elevators, cafes, and the local gathering spots
- Saloons Old-style bars with a cowboy atmosphere, common in Miles City and Forsyth
- Coal mine overlooks Views of the open-pit mines near Colstrip
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Nearby
Every areaHardinMontanaWhere the plains meet the mountains and history rides.BowmanNorth DakotaWhere the prairie meets the badlands, and the sky goes on forever.Glendive–SidneyMontanaRanch country on the YellowstoneSheridanWyomingWhere the West is still wild and the mountains meet the plains.Northeast MontanaMontanaWhere the prairie meets the sky and neighbors are family.BillingsMontanaBig skies, warm hearts.GilletteWyomingBig skies, deep mines, and open hearts.DickinsonNorth DakotaWhere the prairie meets the badlands.
Custer, Rosebud, Fallon, Powder River, Carter and Treasure counties, MT. Areas from the US Census Bureau and Statistics Canada; places from GeoNames. Local flavour was written with a model and may have mistakes. Team names identify teams; no endorsement.