Educational Products
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Get outside and learn in the Northern Region!
Below are just a few of the hundreds of opportunities to get outside and learn more about nature, history, or geology in your national forests and grasslands.
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
- Crystal Park Picnic and Mineral Collection Area (southwest of Dillon, Montana)
- Elkhorn Historic Ghost Town and Picnic Area (south of Boulder, Montana)
Bitterroot National Forest
- Alta Pine Interpretive Site - a culturally significant 800-year-old ponderosa pine, killed by lightning, south of Darby, Montana
- Gibbons Pass Interpretive Site - A Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail site between the Bitterroot and Big Hole Valleys south of Sula, Montana (note: access is via a steep, winding, narrow forest road)
- Bass Creek Day Use Trailhead Interpretive Site - an accessible nature trail near Stevensville, Montana
- Historic Darby Ranger Station Visitor's Center
- Centennial Grove Trailhead Day Use Area - an accessible, interpretive nature trail southeast of Hamilton, Montana on the Skalkaho Highway
Custer Gallatin National Forest
- Earthquake Lake Geologic Area, Montana
- Discover History
- Explore the Forest (from northwestern South Dakota to west of Bozeman, Montana)
- Big Ice Cave Picnic Area and Interpretive Site (Pryor Mountains, south of Red Lodge and Billings, Montana)
- Pine Creek Picnic Area and Interpretive Trail - a nature trail south of Livingston, Montana
- Beartooth Scenic Byway - All American Road
- Ghost Village Point of Interest - Fishing, boating, and interpretive trail day-use area
Flathead National Forest
- Summit Nature Center - Check out the education and visitor information center located at the summit of Big Mountain Whitefish Mountain Resort! The center has a wide variety of interpretive displays and is accessible during the summer & winter seasons.
- Walk With Larch Interpretive Trail (Coram Experimental Forest, near Hungry Horse, Montana)
- Family Forestry Expo (annually in early May)
Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
- Youth Forest Monitoring Program
- Montana Discovery Foundation
- Adopt-A-Species Trail Cams
- Mount Helena Celebrating Wildflowers Self-guided hike and annual art contest
- World Migratory Bird Day
- Blackfoot Pathways: Sculpture in the Wild (Lincoln, Montana)
- Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center (Great Falls, Montana)
Kootenai National Forest
- Old Highway 2 Interpretive Trailhead
- Ross Creek Scenic Area (road and trail closed for maintenance work April to September 2025)
- Callahan Historic Trailhead
- Rexford Bench Campground Interpretive Trail
Lolo National Forest
- Seth Diamond Interpretive Trail - an old-growth conifer forest trail
- Historic Lolo Trail at Howard Creek - a Lewis and Clark/Nez Perce National National Historic Trails site with a picnic area
- Fort Fizzle Historic Site Picnic Area
- Grand Menard Discovery Trail #748
- Lolo Creek Campground and Picnic Area
- Maclay Flat Nature Trail
- Savenac Historic Tree Nursery Visitor Center
- Rock Creek Microburst Viewing Site
- Cabin City Campground Self-guided Nature Trail
- Koo-Koo-Sint Bighorn Sheep Viewing Site
- Seeley Lake Wildlife Viewing Blind
- Spring Creek Sheep Viewing Site
- Clearwater River Canoe Trail
- Loge Day-Use Area and Interpretive Trail
- Iron Mountain Trail/ Clark Fork Valley Overlook
- Petty Creek Bighorn Sheep Viewing Site
Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests
- Devoto Grove Picnic Area & Trailhead
- Lolo Pass Visitor Center
- Florence Cemetery
- Lochsa Historical Ranger Station
- Lolo Trail Corridor
- Nee-Me-Poo (Nez Perce) National Historic Trail
- Elk Creek Falls Trailhead and Picnic Area
- Mining history self-guided tour of the Florence Basin
- Colgate Licks National Recreation Trail