What's Cool & Close
Helena is an amazing basecamp between Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks. If you're a nature lover, MTB City is the best location to make your basecamp while you're here.
Montana WILD
Montana WILD is Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks premier education center. It is a four minute walk and open to the public. They have examples of much of Montana's flora and fauna, educational programs and an amazing aquatic display that includes many of Montana's fish.
2668 Broadwater Ave
Helena, MT 59601
Phone: (406) 444-9944
Spring Meadow Lake State Park
It is a four minute walk to dive into the cool spring fed waters of Spring Meadow Lake. The park is your front yard. The bird watching is great and there are many quiet spots to sit and breathe. An accessible nature path winds around the lake with several interpretive signs. Fishing for bass and trout is allowed and we have a couple loaner kayaks. It is also a popular lake for scuba divers.
2715 Country Club Drive
Helena, MT 59601
Bears
MTB City is a two minute walk from the two best places to see bear cubs in the FWP bear rehabilitation enclosure. The nice thing about these bears is they are consistently visible and they can't get to your camp to destroy it and eat all your candy bars. The center is not open t the public but you can easily watch the bears from a public path and/or park.
Tenmile Creek Park
From MTB City to the far corner of Tenmile Creek Park is a car free 4 mile running loop mostly on decomposed granite track. You'll see the deer roaming, sometimes whitetail, sometimes mule deer. There's a fishing hole to practice your cast and likely hook a trout. The park is 180 acres and flat by Western Montana standards. It also gives access to the Archie Bray sculpture garden.
Archie Bray Foundation
The Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts is a public, nonprofit, educational institution founded in 1951 by brickmaker Archie Bray, who intended it to be "a place to make available for all who are seriously interested in any of the branches of the ceramic arts, a fine place to work." Its primary mission is to provide an environment that stimulates creative work in ceramics.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Bray is located ten minutes on foot or three minutes by car from MTB City, on the site of the former Western Clay Manufacturing Company. Set against the wooded foothills of the Rocky Mountains, the 26-acre former brickyard is internationally recognized as a gathering place for emerging and established ceramic artists.
2915 Country Club Avenue
Helena, MT 59602
Broadwater Hot Springs
Broadwater Hot Springs is only two miles up the highway from MTB City and has Helena's one and only mineral hot springs. Their newly remodeled pools are amazing. There are cold, warm and hot pools. Even Goldilocks can find a pool to love. They also have food, wine and beer.
2915 Country Club Avenue
Helena, MT 59602
Blackfoot River Brewing Company
The Blackfoot Brewery is a popular spot for mountain bikers in Helena. It is located at the base of Mount Helena near Reeder's Alley and is kind of in the middle of a whole bunch of trailheads and ride's ends. They also support community programs.
66 S Park Ave
Helena, MT 59601