Red Lodge
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Understand
Historic Red Lodge is a resort and ranching community with a colorful coal mining past and surrounded by natural beauty.
Get in
By car
Highway 212 leads from Cooke City and Yellowstone National Park and connects to I-90 and Billings Montana via 310 at Laurel (Montana).Portions of Highway 212 only have one lane in each direction, and farmers living in the area may drive on the roadway with their heavy machinery. When that happens, cars will often proceed at a slow speed, resulting in congestion.
By plane
- Billings Logan International Airport (BIL), is the closest airport located 1901 Terminal Cir, +1 406 247-8609, e-mail: , . Billings Logan International is the major airport for Eastern Montana, and the busiest airport in the state. Silver Airways uses it as their hub for service within the state, and it is additionally served by Allegiant, Alaska/Horizon, Delta, Frontier, Skywest and United. Denver, Salt Lake City, and Minneapolis are the biggest hubs serving Billings.
Get around
There is no public transportation in Red Lodge but its mostly very walkable, biking is an option in good weather. Otherwise all travel needs to be by car.
See
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Carbon County Historical Society Museum
phone: +1 406-446-3667address: 224 N. Broadwaythe areas premier historical museum. Smith Mine Disaster SiteSite of one of the worst mining disasters in United States history, where 74 miners died in a powerful explosion in 1943. The site itself is not open to visitors, but there is a historical marker near the area that provides an account on what happened. You can see the mining site from where the historical marker stands.
Do
Red Lodge MountainBasic all around skiing.
Drink
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Red Lodge Ales Brewing Company
phone: +1 406 4460243address: 1445 North BroadwayServing beers brewed on-premise.