The 1.5 million-acre Bob Marshall wilderness complex, with 1,800 miles of hiking trails, begins north of town and stretches all the way to Glacier. The smaller Gates of the Mountains Wilderness is visible from downtown. Touring standup comedians perform Tuesday nights at the Park Plaza Hotel, downtown. Touring musical and stage productions are frequent at the Myrna Loy center and the civic center, and Grand Street Theater presents seven live plays a year. Some bars have live bands.
Many bars style themselves as casinos, meaning numerous and noisy video gambling machines.