The Great American Road Trip Challenge~4.5 years · 48 states · one loop
The Northern Rockies

Stop 5 · Days 526–527

Missoula

Missoula, MT

A laid-back university and river town in western Montana — a surf wave downtown, and the home base of the nation's smokejumpers.

Where to stay

  • A downtown Missoula hotel

    By the Clark Fork River.

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You gotta eat this

  • A Montana bison burger & local ale

    Missoula has a great brewery scene.

The days here

Each day opens its own hour-by-hour page

  1. 526Day 526 — River & SmokejumpersFull day · 4h 30m planned
  2. 527Day 527 — North to GlacierDrive day · 2h 30m drive

What this stop is made of

  • Cities & Metros
  • Museums & History