Hiking Trails
Bozeman’s Nearest Hiking Trails – Courtesy of Trails.com
Click here for your MAP! or you can get one at various locations around
town. The Gallatin Valley Land Trust office has them for $1.00.
Gallatin Valley Land Trust
25 N. Willson Suite E
Bozeman, Montana 59715
406-587-8404
- Don’t forget to get involved with
Gallatin Valley Land Trust (www.gvlt.org)
to learn more about the extensive Bozeman Area Trails
The Bozeman Creek Trail is located
in Sourdough Canyon directly south
of Bozeman. Its close proximity to
Bozeman makes this a popular trail
for hikers and bikers. The trail is
an old logging road with
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From the guidebook "Day
Hikes around Bozeman,
Montana" |
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Bozeman,
MT – Hiking – 22 miles
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The Bozeman Fish Technology Center
is a hatchery and research area with
a charming nature loop along Bridger
Creek. The hatchery includes fish
runs with observation walkways, a
pond and picnic area. O...
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From the guidebook "Day
Hikes around Bozeman,
Montana" |
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Bozeman,
MT – Hiking – 0.5 miles
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The Highland Ridge Trail begins at
Peets’ Hill in Burke Park. From the
top of the hill are great views of
Bozeman and the Bridger, Madison and
Gallatin Ranges. The beginning of
the trail along the rid...
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From the guidebook "Day
Hikes around Bozeman,
Montana" |
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Bozeman,
MT – Hiking – 4.4 miles
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The East Gallatin River Trail begins
at Bozeman Beach and Glen Lake, a
man-made lake with a 300-foot
beachfront in the East Gallatin
Recreation Area. The recreation area
has picnic shelters and a fish...
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From the guidebook "Day
Hikes around Bozeman,
Montana" |
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Bozeman,
MT – Hiking – 1.2 miles
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The Gallagator Trail follows the
route of the Gallagator Railroad
Line, which took passengers between
Bozeman and the Gallatin Gateway and
abandoned in the late 1930s. The
path begins at Burke Park at...
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From the guidebook "Day
Hikes around Bozeman,
Montana" |
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Bozeman,
MT – Hiking – 2.2 miles
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The Kirk Hill trails are
interpretive loop trails
highlighting information about the
surrounding plant life. Kirk Hill
sits above Leverich Canyon and
Hodgman Canyon and borders the
Gallatin National F...
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From the guidebook "Day
Hikes around Bozeman,
Montana" |
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Bozeman,
MT – Hiking – 1.9 miles
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Kirk Hill has three loop trails. All
three loops are self-guided
interpretive trails. This hike
follows a figure-8 pattern around 2
loops. At the top of Kirk Hill is an
overlook with a panoramic map o...
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From the guidebook "Day
Hikes around Bozeman,
Montana" |
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Bozeman,
MT – Hiking – 1.7 miles
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Leverich Canyon is a beautiful,
narrow canyon south of Bozeman
between Sourdough Canyon and Hyalite
Canyon. The trail follows Leverich
Creek for the first half of the
hike. It passes an old miner’s ca...
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From the guidebook "Day
Hikes around Bozeman,
Montana" |
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Bozeman,
MT – Hiking – 3.4 miles
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The Montana State University “M� is
located at the mouth of Bridger
Canyon on the south flanks of Baldy
Mountain. The “M� was created by MSU
students in 1915. The 250-foot
whitewashed rock “M� has two...
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From the guidebook "Day
Hikes around Bozeman,
Montana" |
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Bozeman,
MT – Hiking – 1.6 miles
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The Painted Hills Trail begins near
the south end of the Highland Ridge
Trail. The Kagy Connector Trail
links these two trails together. The
Painted Hills Trail passes through a
dedicated parkland alo...
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From the guidebook "Day
Hikes around Bozeman,
Montana" |
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Bozeman,
MT – Hiking – 2.5 miles
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The Sourdough Trail parallels
Sourdough Creek under the shade of
aspen and cottonwoods. After
crossing over the creek, the path
breaks out into the grassy meadows
and skirts the Valley View Golf
Cours...
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From the guidebook "Day
Hikes around Bozeman,
Montana" |
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Bozeman,
MT – Hiking – 3.2 miles
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Back in 1883, Story Mill was the
largest flour mill in Montana. It
was also the first business in
Bozeman serviced by the railroad.
Railroad tracks, known as the Story
Mill Spur, lead 4,400 feet to th...
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From the guidebook "Day
Hikes around Bozeman,
Montana" |
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Bozeman,
MT – Hiking – 2 miles
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The Triple Tree Trail begins on a
grassy ridge, crosses Limestone
Creek and winds through a shady
woodland. The trail loops through
the forest on Montana state land to
a hilltop knoll in a wildflower-...
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From the guidebook "Day
Hikes around Bozeman,
Montana" |
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Bozeman,
MT – Hiking – 4.5 miles
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