Hungry Horse
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About Hungry Horse
Columbia Falls is a town in northwest Montana. About 5,300 people lived there in 2020.
Hungry Horse travel guide
Understand
In 2020 Columbia Falls was ranked as one of the safest and best places to live in Montana. The town is only 10 miles from Kalispell and 17 miles from Glacier National Park making it incredibly popular for tourism. Summer brings the most people so some businesses will be closed, or have reduced hours, during winter months.
Getting there
US Route 2 runs through the center of Columbia Falls. It is about 10 miles east of US 93. The nearest commercial airport is | Glacier Park International Airport 8 miles to the south.
See
1 Hungry Horse Reservoir and Dam, Flathead National Forest, 1935 Third Ave. E (U.S. 2 about 10 miles southeast of Columbia Falls), ☏ +1 406 758-5204, [email protected]. Dam tours, boating, fishing. Free. (updated Oct 2021) 2 International Larix Arboretum.
Do
1 Amazing Fun Center, west side of Hwy. 2 East at Coram, ☏ +1 406 387-5902. Memorial - Labor Day, open 9:30AM daily. maze, mini-golf, gocarts, bumper boats. (updated Oct 2021) 2 Big Sky Waterpark, 7211 Highway 2 East, ☏ +1 406 892-5026, [email protected]. June-Aug. waterslide, minigolf, rockwall. (updated Oct 2021)
Eat
Laurie's Deli, 330 9th Street West, ☏ +1 406 892-2711. Nite Owl & Back Room Cafe, 522 9th St W, ☏ +1 406 892-3131. Three Forks Grille, 729 Nucleus Ave, ☏ +1 406 892-2900, [email protected]. open at 5PM daily. local hand-cut steaks, wild game and fresh seafood
Drink & nightlife
Backslope Brewing, 1107 9th St W (Hwy 2), ☏ +1 406 897-2850, [email protected]. Daily, 11AM-8PM. Micro-brewery and restaurant. (updated Jul 2023)
Sleep
Bad Rock Bed and Breakfast Inn, 480 Bad Rock Dr, ☏ +1 406 892-2829, [email protected]. 1 Glacier Inn Motel, 1401 2nd Ave E, ☏ +1 406 892-4341. 2 Meadow Lake Resort, 100 St. Andrews Dr, ☏ +1 406 892-8700, [email protected]. Inn, Vacation rentals, 18 hole golf course.
Overview adapted from Wikipedia, travel guide fromWikivoyage (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.