Red Lodge Montana
To visit a friendly western town on your Yellowstone vacation, stop at Red Lodge, Montana. With abundant recreation and interesting Old West history, it's a place that can be educational as well as provide you and the whole family with some outdoor excitement. A destination not to miss!
The most prominent feature of Red Lodge, Montana is the scenery and natural beauty everywhere. Amidst the Beartooth Mountains, Red Lodge offers premier outdoor recreation for the entire family. It's central to so many sights and sounds of southwest Montana, and close to Yellowstone, making it an ideal place to settle for the duration of your vacation.
Red Lodge became notable in the mid-1800s, with the discovery of coal. As the settlers arrived later, the town grew to a population of over 1,000, with a number of saloons and quite a violent history. Although the town grew to about 5,000 in the early 1900s, when the Depression hit many of the mines closed. To survive, bootlegging became the order of the day.
As the years passed and Yellowstone was a top destination for tourists all over the US, Red Lodge, Montana, along the Beartooth Highway, was easily accessible and became a popular tourist stop.
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Beartooth Hideaways offers clean rooms or individual cabins, large pool, all for great prices.
Eat Food, Drink Wine. The motto of Red Lodge's most famous eatery. Bridge Creek Backcountry Kitchen.