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Bozeman prides itself in offering small town atmosphere with big city amenities to residents and visitors alike. Nestled in the Gallatin Valley, encompassed by the majestic Rocky Mountains, Bozeman is considered the prime spot in Montana. The city sits in a high mountain valley at an elevation of 4,795 feet and is |
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| surrounded on three sides by the Bridger, Gallatin and Tobacco Root mountains. Ringed by majestic peaks and steep canyons, Bozeman marks a starting point for connections to the Gallatin Canyon and Yellowstone National Park. Home to Montana State University, Bozeman is a community of friendly people, and a center of recreation throughout the year. |
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Agriculture continues to be the main industry in the area, and wheat and barley fields dot the landscape. The Bozeman area at large encompasses over 50,000 people with backgrounds and cultures as diverse as the Montana landscape. From cattle ranchers to high tech tech engineers, the area is |
| home to a breed of people who have come to appreciate an unmatched quality of life. With all it has to offer, it's easy to understand why Bozeman ranks as one of the nation's most livable cities. |
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| television school. Many of Bozeman's neighborhoods and parks still have the feel of a sleepy college town with frat houses and quaint, comfortable homes. The downtown area features a main street with rows of turn-of-the-century buildings. |
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The Museum of the Rockies, located on the Montana State University campus, houses a planetarium, paleontology, ethnology, and history sections, and objects of historic and cultural importance from the northern Rocky Mountains. Displays include dinosaurs and dinosaur eggs unearthed in Montana, Plains Indian artifacts, pioneer exhibits, Western art and "hands on" exhibits such as a two-story log homestead house, built in 1889 in Willow Creek and moved some 30 miles to the museum site. |
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Annual events include the Montana Winter Fair in January and the Sweet Pea Festival in August. Bozeman is an important winter recreation area with two major ski areas nearby. Bridger Bowl is located 16 miles northeast of town and Big Sky Ski and Summer Resort is 45 miles south. |
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Tucked into the mountains just 16 miles northeast of Bozeman, Bridger Bowl ski area offers luxurious powder snow known as "cold smoke" by those who ski it regularly. The variety of terrain is terrific, from steep-rock-walled chutes to long, gentle slopes, wide-open powder bowls to knee-deep moguls. Skiers are served by 5 double chair lifts and 1 quad chair lift, a bar & grill, day care, ski school, rental/retail shop and ski patrol. |
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Outside magazine has rated Bozeman one of the 15 best sport cities in the U.S. The community received this recognition because of outstanding opportunities for fly fishing, downhill skiing, hunting, hiking, camping, climbing, canoeing and kayaking. |
| Bozeman is an angler's
paradise with several outstanding streams and rivers within an hour's drive. The Jefferson, Madison and Gallatin rivers join together to form the Missouri River at the Missouri Headwaters State Park near Three Forks, Montana. The rivers, steams and lakes in the region offer some of the finest fly fishing for trout found anywhere in the world, and the scenery around our trout waters is spectacular. |
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| Fly fishing enthusiasts will find blue ribbon trout streams minutes from town. Fishermen from all around travel to the Bozeman area to spend time on our rivers. Cold clear streams and lakes provide rainbow, cutthroat and golden trout, as well as grayling and mountain whitefish. The nationally renowned Madison River, the storied Yellowstone River and the famous Gallatin River are all blue ribbon fisheries located in or adjacent to Gallatin County. |
| Hunting opportunities
abound in the area. In fact, there is the opportunity to hunt more species here than in any other area in the western states. Yellowstone National Park and additional wild lands managed by the U.S. National Forest Service, Montana Department of Fish and Parks, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and private agricultural interests provide wildlife hunting, photography, or viewing opportunities for many species. Elk, bighorn sheep, mule and white-tailed deer, coyote, pronghorn antelope, bald and golden eagles, moose, mountain goat, black and grizzly bear, and an array of less obvious, but no less remarkable animals, still find suitable range and habitat here. |
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| • Buffalo Bill
Historical Center
Cody, Wyoming • International Museum of Fly Fishing Livingston, Montana • Livingston Depot Center Livingston, Montana • Montana Historical Society Helena, Montana • Museum of the Mountain Man Pinedale, Wyoming • National Museum of Wildlife Art Jackson, Wyoming • Western Heritage Center Billings, Montana • Wind River Historical Center Dubois, Idaho • Yellowstone Art Museum Billings, Montana • Yellowstone National Park Art Collection Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming |
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| Links to our other information pages |
| Explore Magazine General Bozeman Information |
| MSU site with fun things to do in Bozeman, plus hangout spots |
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| Links to Official Sites with more information on Bozeman and the surrounding area |
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| The mountains offer an escape from "city life," and with a short drive, you will find yourself in a whole new world. Camping, hiking, fishing, and biking are common weekend activities, with families and individuals taking advantage of our close proximity to the mountains and camping areas. In the Spring and Summer, wildflowers accentuate the beautiful landscape along numerous trails, and these same areas offer miles of cross country skiing in the winter. |
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