Reviews of Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest (Park)

Timothy Martin

Better than any city

Aaron Martin

Great views of the mountains

Don Speer

I fished in Moose Creek and Sheep Creek. Both streams have an abundance of nice trout.

Zeta Haley

Awesome ' just moved back to idaho from Missouri and loved the drive and even saw a black bear

shadowmage45

A bit too much traffic for personal tastes, and weather forecasts are 100% unreliable for the area.

Lee A

We drove through on way to Yellowstone. Some great views.

Karen DeGrave

The are is absolutely beautiful

robert masters

Love spending time up here....great place to leave it all behind you for a while, and empty of room to be able to get away from everybody else. Miles of road to chose from, so no 2 trips ever have to be the same. If you can't find the inner peace you need out here, it doesn't exist!

Alana Ramirez

Great wilderness hikes!

Tavin L Dack

Very pretty and a good place to take a quick rest when travelling.

Donald Scott

Great

Nicholas Conlan

Be careful in the winter there is a lot of snow but overall it is very beautiful and tons of place to go camping

Gayle Kukay

Love my forest

Kayla Christensen

Beautiful forests, even if they are a bit haunted. I didn't mind.

Peter Hoogeveen

Stunning scenery driving mountain roads. Roads best suited for 4x4's, not cars.

kevin tapaha

It was peaceful and serene! I loved it!!!

Cheryl Switzer

Gorgeous!

Chase Massey

Must see absolutely beautiful.

george springer

Absolutely beautiful

David Daly

God's hand working at its best! Beautiful and clean.

Otto Ohlson

Forest poorly managed. A,lot of diseased, dead and dying trees

Jusitn Goble

Fun and beautiful hike and makes for a great family outing

Larry Heigh

Always great

Kitty Cornwell

Beautiful space, not crowded

rufusghobbs

Fishing was fantastic. Before you ask where I caught them, I'll just tell you they were in the water.

Arvilene Pearson

I like it because it gives me the feeling of free and wide open spaces I just love it it's fresh air to me and bacause of the trees and nature

Nathanial Overgaard

Amazing place to get lost and feel free.

Corey Sterner

Good senic view of the town, lots of Historyical cites too see.

Joe Bachelor

One of the best spots for tranquility and beautiful scenery in the Big Sky state!

Laurie Morris

Absolutely beautiful.

Keith Bleeker

Went to the Snowy Mountains on a bad weather weekend! Endured a bad hail storm but man was it beautiful!

Adrienne K

A wild and rustic backcountry hike or backpacking journey can be found here. We back packed for three days and didn't encounter any other hikers even on the CDT. I do not like hiking in pants and my legs paid the price on these often overgrown trails but it was worth it. Don't forget your map and compass - one of the trails simply disappeared so you'll want tools to navigate. Water is fairly plentiful, as are butterflies! The area burned many years back and it's interesting to see how it is recovering.

Ralph Palmer

Trail #497 is a logging road. Pretty well maintained and easy to hike. We didn't get anywhere near the top of the trail, but it was a nice hike.

Dianna Kersey

Mills Falls! A truly hidden gem!

stephan strickland

So beautiful

Bruce & Monica Crouse

Great place

Doug Luehr

Beautiful, worth spending a few weeks hiking and camping.

Elaina Graham

If you are not impressed by the Big Snowy Mountains as you drive by, that's no surprise - it is a pretty small range, rising out of the farm and range land around it. But if you like high mountains with expansive views, this is the place to go. You will, quite simply, be stunned by what you will find at the top of this range. Go. I'm telling you, go and check it out.

David Douglas

Some road maintenance has desperately been needed for years. Plus, the last 3 years, they've started thinning trees during hunting season. April-Aug would be a much better time for this. Overall, I'm spending time in the woods. Nothing to complain about.

Cole Stefan

Plenty of camp grounds and beautiful scenery

Gail D Lenher Andrews

My family went camping here one night and had a very good time from their over-night trip and we have been back to the same pace two separate times because it is so beautiful. The smells the, the colors, the quietness, except for the sounds of the stream and the wind, and our own voices. Every once in a while we saw a camper driving by coming to or from their favorite spot. But, we were able to sit at a picnic table and let my 1 year old great grand-daughter play and discover what she can see that we as adults can not.

The angry leprachan

I was looking for hope county

LuAnn Schmidt

Beautiful trails

Renae Munson

Too many people with less areas to ride. Forest service has cut/lay down live healthy trees that will add fuel to future fires destroying our forest with our money.

Issachar

The Graphics are Amazing but the gameplay sucks

Allyson Wines

Beautiful place to ride horses.

Taya Worrall

this is not where I went, but where I did go was amazing

Billy Burwell

Peaceful great views

KapiniPRO

Very nice greetings from Poland. Here's where else is Hope County because I have a mission to do there XD

RJ Trevena

Beautiful scenery...

Jackie Buskirk

So much dead timber and closed roads. Wish the forest service allowed someone to cut firewood

Doc Baker

So cool

Randall Bennett

Hiked to lick creek cave. Beautiful scenery at mouth of cave.

Jim T

What's not to love about our national forests?

claude smith

Beautiful.

Nicole Shadoan

So beautiful!!! Any time of year, this national forest is a treat to visit. We came out here to find our Christmas tree and were not disappointed! I can’t even describe the park in words- it’s simply an experience worth making a trip to!

J.B. Chandler

So many places to explore and visit in the Little Belt Mountains.

Vickie Durbin

Beautiful !

Brian Book

Only weirdos don't LOVE the mountains and woods.

Kim Metzler

Amazing!!! Such a beautiful location in our country!! Make sure your gas tank is full! Not much around!

paul,laurie Tyner

It's another piece of heaven that is standard Montana!

Motorcyclegrrl

It's so beautiful and peaceful. No cell signal. It gets cold at night.

Robert Langan

Beautiful landscape with a lot of wildlife!

Stacy Steinmetz

I have not been there since I was a child

PapaKale445

Dad killed his first and second bull over around here

D. C. S.

A place full of beautiful scenery and lots of older trees.

Abby Sweet

Beautiful area... June is a great time to view dozens of wildflowers in bloom.

john elings

Spring creek road needs gravel! !

Neal Vance

Love this area of the country.

Lee Crawford

Splendid area to visit and see. Lots of wildlife, and scenery is outstanding!

Jim Dukes

Heaven on Earth

Ron Teig

They ticket people for cleaning up the forest even though the FS won't!!!!

Aaron Pursell

Who doesn't love the woods. Except for the Forest Service and their damn gates. You never see them anyway so, it's enjoyable.

Paul Wear

Lots of bluebird, woodpeckers and a black bear.

Kala Bartzer

Beautiful drive through Montana. It's even more exciting when you get to see the wildlife. Like the amazing moose we were lucky enough to catch on camera!!

Brenda Riley

Beautiful

Amy Petrie

We had a great trip elk scouting, can't wait to come back in September.

Neil Hauff

Good accommodations, hunting is hard

Shane Mcpartlin

Good place too go too.

Jeff Pembleton

The forest is approximately 70 to 80% dead. Thanks tree huggers

Jonathan Bowers

Hid out here over the 4th of July weekend while pedaling across the country on my bicycle. The campgrounds get filled up on holidays, so it is always nice to have all this public land to pedal off into and pitch a tent. I spent two nights here at two different locations. It was fun to camp beside some snow drifts in July. I met some real nice people that invited me back to their cabin for breakfast, let me take a spin on the fourwheeler and then took me on a tour of the area in their four wheel drive.

Karen Moore

Its a great camping spot

Thomas Fuller

I get it that it's a forest....but the flys...just stay home.

Rod Ostman

Too many people, nice area

theresa hogg

This park is set out as all parks should be..very well thought out use of space..T he beach and swimming area is need of clean up..lots of trees floated up from flood and need to be removed..

JAMES Coppola

A huge area for hunting, fishing, camping or just a picnic.

Fred Beyer

I spent the day bear hunting and observing other wildlife also. Beautiful weather and a great day to be outdoors enjoying Mother Nature at her best.

TLC Malone

Always a beautiful place to visit!!

Diane Welhaven

Beautiful country. I am so glad that I live in a beautiful state!

Thais Kuri

Climbing up the mountais is pretty wild! There are good camp sites and beatiful lakes up there. Worthy.

glenn offerman

Very beautiful and scenic

Galen Guilbert

We'll maintained and a gem for the public to enjoy.

Don Petrrson

Very informative.

MARK HUMISTON

I live here for that reason. .

James Dempster

One of my favorite places in Montana

Vonnie Harp

Beautiful will be back

Jeff Long

Beautiful

Alisa Heacock

Beautiful area

Clinton Osgood

Beautiful and peaceful...

Tammy Johnson

Lots of room. Lol. Beautiful valley on Hughsville road. Busy on the weekends with atv's and 4wheelers

Gregory Gregory

I love the woods, I live in the woods, I work in the woods 6 months a year. This particular area is my home woods where I hike, hunt, berry pick, camp, ride trails, and observe nature. More and more great low impact camping areas are being closed every year due to the mismanagement of our woods. It's so disappointing to drive up there ready to camp in your favorite spot away from the crowd of four wheelers and side by sides, just to find out it has been closed off. The people who utilize this area are very low impact. There's zero trash left behind. Their camp fires are out cold. I spread the ashes on strawberries and raspberry plants, naturally fertilizing them. Within a week or two one can't even tell someone had camped there. But the forest service seems intent on cramming everyone into a small area and have huge impact on it. It's not peaceful. It is crowded. It is noisy. It is dusty. Lewis and Clark National Forest is a disappointingly mismanaged area. The woods are an amazing place, nature is beautiful. So much for peaceful camping.

Araitz

It's nothing special really.

David Wagner

Absolutely beautiful place to see

Fredrick McLeod

Always love being out in the open mountains

Wyatt Henderson

Very beautiful and quiet anyone that loves the out doors should hike here.

Rachael Arnott

Endlessly beautiful

Michael Sullivan

The great outdoors! What's not to love?!

6crowns

Not enough restroom facilities, but otherwise a beautiful National Forest.

Jeri Dettmann

Beautiful. We were driving through on US89 from White Sulphur Springs to Great Falls.

belian

Beautifull tall pine forest with lots of forest roads and dispersed camping possibilities. You'll love this fresh pine scent in the air upon waking to bird songs and deers drinking in the river. Enjoy but respect this natural jewel.

Tony Kittle

Beautiful breath taking place!!

R L Harris

Old roads will fit my 61 wide sxs but sign says max 50

Mark Colyer

Beautiful

Jody

Very beautiful and peaceful place to visit.

Benjamin Hutchings

Another job perfectly done God! Loving your creation! Keep the trout healthy and hungry for my Montana trips. Amen!

Гусейн

Good Park

cjm007

Beautiful scenery,, must see

Bill Miller

The great outdoors

George R.

Place is absolutely horrible, if your an out of stater I wouldn't even bother. I hear Wyoming have much better forests for all your recreational needs

Nancy Mann

It was gorgeous and definitely cooler than in town!

penny Girl

Beautiful

Jeremy Peters

Always a good way to get a way and enjoy the outdoors. It’s not far from town, short scenic drive.

Gary Tanksley

Love this place so nice lots of wildlife so perty

Bobby Abbott

Great place to go and explore and have fun

Mikel McGee

This National Forest always impresses. So vast and with nature being the most impressive way to get in touch with Our Creator, I'm in the right place. I love Montana!

Deborah Causey

Drove through on a beautiful day. Steep grades in some places. We were towing our trailer and didn't expect it.

Frank Aranda Reviews

Just about 45min out of town. Out of Great Falls for me. Makes you feel like you are on another planet. The drive alone is enough to take your breath away. Crisp air that heightens the senses. Beutiful trees that line the road in any direction. And of course an array of wildlife that keeps you on your toes. From the deer to antelope and mountain goats that seem to defy gravity any road taken out of town instantly makes you feel better. As for the forest itself what can I say bit you truly have to experience it yourself to truly understand the captivating and enlightening experience. The mountains are beautiful teaming with wildlife and vegetation native to this area. Variety of trees and flowers only add to this special canvas. And if your into it overnight there's are numerous campgrounds that can satisfy your needs. My personal favorite is the sites that offer amenities such as restrooms but if your a more Bear Gryls style there are sites where you would truly be one with nature. Trails and waterfalls also compliment the area. All I can say is go! Explore and be happy!

Cylar Taylor

Awesome rocks

Scott Hedegaard

Road trip! Excellent!

Cecil Winston

campedand Had a great time

Bill Rayvan

Remote locations great animal sightings bring a camera and there is plenty of room for peace and quiet...

MCG CSP

Cool location. Better if lake had water.

Thomas Audet

I spent the last three Summers up in the mountains are love that place

jeffrey kite

Nice place to enjoy with my friend John!

Mark Iwaasa

Nice place to visit with very few people. Feels like you have the place to yourself.

Chris Sanchez

Great school, his teacher is the best!

Link Harden

Bad

melalee p

The forests in Montana are spectacular places.

Niklas Bungardt

Great sights. Nice people all around and a terrific view.

Wet- A-Line

Beautiful place love Montana

Verton Mccaulou

Awesome beautiful place

Wade Fuson

Always a favorite place

James Loyning

God and Mother Nature at their best!!!

Ryan Richardson

Keep public lands in public hand.

jonathan webster

Great hike up Rocky Mountain peak!

Tawnya Cox

Love being able to take my kids out.

Mrs V

Must see at some point in your life. It's been a few years since our visit but it was such an amazing trip

Ed Thompson

Beautiful .

Tyler Hagan

Check out the caverns! The rivers are gorgeous too

Bert Dooley

Beautiful forest area with plenty of secluded areas

LeeAnn Curtis

Go outside and explore

makala tronson

With all of the natural wonder and beauty located here, in the heart of Montana, its easy to see why people choose to live away from it all. So many places to check out and views that will take your breath away, especially if you're willing to hike some. I always say my heart loves on a mountain outside of Monarch.

Sarah Robbin

Great for winter sports. Snowshoeing and cross country skiing on the forest roads are great for solitude or groups.

Keith Teske

Absolutely beautiful

Mitchell McAtee

Awesome

Gail Denise Andrews

It's beautiful and picturesque.

Dubb spartankick

Beautiful place to enjoy the forest

Carole Larson

This says it all