Clear, dark nights are spectacular with meteor showers and occasional vivid displays of the northern lights. The Park County Fair is a lively look at rural Montana life. Fishing with grasshopper flies is excellent. September is Indian summer. Rich red leaves of mountain maple and alder, ash and boxelder.
Gold splashes the hillsides as aspens and cottonwoods turn, A spectacular time for photography.
Trout bite strong. Elk bugle in the timber. Deer polish their antlers. Glide on cross country skis through white wonderlands. Stalk trout in the Yellowstone River and area spring creeks.