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Southwest Montana
Follow mining stories, territorial-era streets and valley history from three distinct bases.
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Southwest Montana, a little closer.
Follow mining stories, territorial-era streets and valley history from three distinct bases. Butte, Dillon and Virginia City are separate travel choices; historic attractions and mountain routes have seasonal access.
Highlighted counties locate these featured towns. These six WTDO discovery areas are editorial groupings. Markers indicate approximate town centers, not entrances or driving routes. Select a town to open its guide. County outlines: U.S. Census Bureau.
Three places to begin.
Choose a local stop, then find food and a place to stay.
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Your next good stop.
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Browse published places around Southwest Montana. Business details are supplied by their owners.
Photo credits & visitor sources
Real Montana photographs, resized and converted to WebP. Displayed crops may vary; each image retains its listed license.
- Scene in Butte, Montana, a thriving late 1800s and early 1900s gold, silver, and copper mining boomtown, so prosperous that it was known as "The Richest Hill on Earth" — Carol M. Highsmith / Library of Congress, Public domain. Resized and converted to WebP; website may crop for layout.
- Dillon, Montana.jpg — Mumbo jiggy, CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized and converted to WebP; website may crop for layout.
- Virginia City, Montana (2026).jpg — Jason Woodhead, CC BY 4.0. Resized and converted to WebP; website may crop for layout.
Visitor information: Butte, Dillon, Virginia City. Check current access, hours, weather and booking terms. Photos may show nearby attractions rather than the town center.
County outlines: U.S. Census Bureau 2025 cartographic county boundaries. Town markers are approximate centers, not entrances or routes. WTDO regions are editorial discovery areas, not official tourism boundaries.