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Billings
Billings is the largest city in Montana and grew up around the railroad. The Yellowstone River and the Rimrocks are beautiful scenic landmarks.
Billings was nicknamed the “Magic City” because of its rapid growth from its founding as a railroad town in March 1882. With one of the largest trade areas in the United States. Billings is the trade and distribution center for much of Montana east of the Continental Divide, Northern Wyoming, and western portions of North Dakota and South Dakota. Billings is also the largest retail destination for much of the same area.
The city is experiencing rapid growth and a strong economy; it has had and is continuing to have the largest growth of any city in Montana. Parts of the metro area are seeing hyper growth. From 2000 to 2010 Lockwood, an eastern suburb, saw growth of 57.8%, the largest growth rate of any community in Montana. With more hotel accommodations than any area within a five-state region, the city hosts a variety of conventions, concerts, sporting events, and other rallies. With the Bakken oil development in eastern Montana and western North Dakota, the largest oil discovery in U.S. history, as well as the Heath shale oil discovery just north of Billings, the city’s growth rate stayed high.
Area attractions include Pompey’s Pillar, Pictograph Cave, Chief Plenty Coups State Park, Zoo Montana, and Yellowstone Art Museum. Within 100 miles are Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, Red Lodge Mountain Resort, and the Beartooth Highway, which links Red Lodge to Yellowstone National Park.
Laurel
Billings is the largest city in Montana and grew up around the railroad. The Yellowstone River and the Rimrocks are beautiful scenic landmarks.
Billings was nicknamed the “Magic City” because of its rapid growth from its founding as a railroad town in March 1882. With one of the largest trade areas in the United States. Billings is the trade and distribution center for much of Montana east of the Continental Divide, Northern Wyoming, and western portions of North Dakota and South Dakota. Billings is also the largest retail destination for much of the same area.
The city is experiencing rapid growth and a strong economy; it has had and is continuing to have the largest growth of any city in Montana. Parts of the metro area are seeing hyper growth. From 2000 to 2010 Lockwood, an eastern suburb, saw growth of 57.8%, the largest growth rate of any community in Montana. With more hotel accommodations than any area within a five-state region, the city hosts a variety of conventions, concerts, sporting events, and other rallies. With the Bakken oil development in eastern Montana and western North Dakota, the largest oil discovery in U.S. history, as well as the Heath shale oil discovery just north of Billings, the city’s growth rate stayed high.
Area attractions include Pompey’s Pillar, Pictograph Cave, Chief Plenty Coups State Park, Zoo Montana, and Yellowstone Art Museum. Within 100 miles are Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, Red Lodge Mountain Resort, and the Beartooth Highway, which links Red Lodge to Yellowstone National Park.
Red Lodge
Red Lodge is a city in and the county seat of Carbon County, Montana. It is part of the Billings Metropolitan Area. The population was 2,125 at the United States Census, 2010.
Nestled in Montana’s magnificent Beartooth Mountains and surrounded by Custer Gallatin National Forest, Red Lodge delivers world-class outdoor recreation and access to Yellowstone National Park via the world-renowned Beartooth Highway. In the historic downtown, enjoy locally owned shops, quality restaurants and plenty of accommodations and entertainment. No matter what the season, Red Lodge is your Basecamp to the Beartooths.
Columbus
Columbus is located in the foothills of the Beartooth Mountains and boasts the most scenic route to Yellowstone National Park via the Beartooth Pass. Located at the confluence of the Stillwater and Yellowstone rivers, Columbus offers plenty of outdoor recreation.
Situated between the convergence of the Stillwater and Yellowstone Rivers and Interstate 90, just 40 miles west of Montana’s largest city, Billings, Columbus is a center point in Stillwater County. From Columbus you can travel north to the rolling plains and wide open spaces near Rapelje and Molt or head south to the wildlife, water, and trees of the Beartooth Mountains.
Columbus, an incorporated community is the County seat of Stillwater County and home to approximately 1900 residents. Retail shopping, an airport, dining, banking, medical facilities, a swimming pool, lodging, a museum, parks, and a golf course, are just naming a few of the amenities the Columbus Community has to offer.