Butte, MT, lies in the Southwest portion of Montana and has a current
population of 34,000 people, but the population is currently growing at
an unexpected rate with the addition of new
industries and jobs.
It’s about a 2 hour drive
to the Idaho border to the
south down Interstate 15.
Likewise, Missoula is about
a 2 hour drive to the west
down Interstate 90. Helena,
the state capitol, is about
80 miles to the north of Butte
along Interstate 15. The
convergence of Interstates 15
and 90 allows for easy access
to Butte and is a wonderful source of tourism dollars for Butte’s
economy. Butte also has a quaint airport serviced by Delta Air,
but visitors can also fly into Helena, Missoula, or Billings.
Butte is located right on the western edge of the Continental
Divide in Montana, and, in combination with several even taller
nearby mountain ranges (including the Pintlar Range that is about
20 miles to the west), provides a nice, scenic backdrop for Butte
with a diverse landscape. From high desert openness to lush
forested timber, Butte has an abundance of scenery and possibility.
Butte also has something few other cities can claim – a rich
and incredible history built upon the mining boom in the late
1910’s and early 1920’s when the population of Butte was nearly
100,000 people. Visiting Butte, even today, one can literally step
back into time. Butte is also one of only two cities to be recognized
as a National Historic Landmark (the other is Lowell, MA) – with
more than 4000 historic buildings of one kind or another. Butte
is literally teeming full of historic buildings – and makes other
“restored” historic towns seem rather dull in comparison. And if
all the historical buildings and “ghost signs” are not enough, there
is always the every present old mining rigs (over 40 of them dot
the sky in Butte) to help remind visitors what built Butte into the
town that it is today.
population of 34,000 people, but the population is currently growing at
an unexpected rate with the addition of new
industries and jobs.
It’s about a 2 hour drive
to the Idaho border to the
south down Interstate 15.
Likewise, Missoula is about
a 2 hour drive to the west
down Interstate 90. Helena,
the state capitol, is about
80 miles to the north of Butte
along Interstate 15. The
convergence of Interstates 15
and 90 allows for easy access
to Butte and is a wonderful source of tourism dollars for Butte’s
economy. Butte also has a quaint airport serviced by Delta Air,
but visitors can also fly into Helena, Missoula, or Billings.
Butte is located right on the western edge of the Continental
Divide in Montana, and, in combination with several even taller
nearby mountain ranges (including the Pintlar Range that is about
20 miles to the west), provides a nice, scenic backdrop for Butte
with a diverse landscape. From high desert openness to lush
forested timber, Butte has an abundance of scenery and possibility.
Butte also has something few other cities can claim – a rich
and incredible history built upon the mining boom in the late
1910’s and early 1920’s when the population of Butte was nearly
100,000 people. Visiting Butte, even today, one can literally step
back into time. Butte is also one of only two cities to be recognized
as a National Historic Landmark (the other is Lowell, MA) – with
more than 4000 historic buildings of one kind or another. Butte
is literally teeming full of historic buildings – and makes other
“restored” historic towns seem rather dull in comparison. And if
all the historical buildings and “ghost signs” are not enough, there
is always the every present old mining rigs (over 40 of them dot
the sky in Butte) to help remind visitors what built Butte into the
town that it is today.
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