Trails
The Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest and Bureau of Land Management offer a variety of motorized and non-motorized trail opportunities. Whether you want to hike, ride horseback, or mountain bike there are great trails minutes from Butte including the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail, Humbug Spires, and other nationally designated recreation and historic trails. The Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness, located west of Butte, provides primitive hiking and horseback riding opportunities to high mountain lakes and peaks.
Butte offers a wide variety of urban trails that include the BA& P Railroad, Schotte-Ulrich, and Poore-Wilde trails. These paved trails provide an opportunity to glimpse into Butte’s past or stroll along Blacktail Creek. For a connection to backcountry trails on National Forest land, try Maud S Canyon or Thompson Park trails.
