Flathead Lake in northwest Montana contains over 200 square miles of water and 185 miles of shoreline. The most visited place in Montana is Glacier National Park, known as the crown jewel of the continent. The Old West comes to life through the brush and sculpture of famed western artist Charlie Russell at the Charles M. Russell Museum Complex in Great Falls. The Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman gained fame through the work of its chief paleontologist, Jack Horner. Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer and his troops made their last stand.
Hill County has the largest county park in the United States.
Competing with the D River in Lincoln City, Oregon for the title of the world's shortest river, the Roe River flows near Great Falls. Both rivers lengths vary from 58 feet to 200 feet. The source for this small river is Giant Springs, the largest freshwater spring in the United States.