Things to See and Do
We think you will love our little slice of heaven. Visit these sites for details and you can always ask the campground hostess for more ideas. Watch for the for our own Fickler Family Favorites (FFFs).
Pintler Scenic Loop
Many of the places featured below are located along the beautiful Pintler Veterans Memorial Scenic Highway loop.
Area Events
We encourage you to take advantage of memorable events that will give you a taste of Montana’s community spirit and warm hospitality.
Dining, Shopping and Entertainment
Whether you’re looking for the coolest Montana swag, the tastiest microbrews and ribeye steak, or a relaxing hot spring, southwestern Montana’s small towns deliver big.
- 51 Below Speakeasy
- Beautiful Life Clothing Boutique
- Butte Brewing Company
- Butte Copper Company
- Casagranda’s Steakhouse
- Excelsior Meats
- Front Street Market
- Hanging Five Restaurant
- Headframe Spirits
- Mackenzie River Pizza Company
- Metals Sports Bar & Grill
- Montana Club
- Silver Bow Drive-In
- Shawn O’Donnell’s
- Sparky’s Garage
- Top Deck Medical Aesthetics
- Town Talk Bakery
- Twisted Sisters
- 4B’s Restaurant
- 406 Coffee Cabin
- Blooming Bliss Massage Therapy
- Cell Block Tavern
- DinoMart
- Fic’s Plaza
Truck stop and convenience store with full service deli serving Champs Chicken, bluTACO, and Hangar 54 Pizza - Grant Coffee Shoppe
- Golden Spike Casino, Liquor Store, & Lounge
- Kaffienation Station
- Lynn’s Hairstyles & Creative Nails
- Mount Powell Tap Room
- Quilter’s Corner
- Rialto Theatre
- Sesame Wok (Thai & Chinese)
- Victory Lanes
- Stockman’s Bar Hall
- SRM Custom Art & Design
Recreational and Historic Sites
You’ll never run out of places to explore and recreate, as well as awe-inspiring vistas to take in during your travels through the Treasure State, but there are a few nearby gems that we don’t want you to miss.
This gorgeous, 64-mile-long loop takes you through copper country, where you can view the original smelter stack while enjoying breathtaking scenery of the towering Anaconda Range in the Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness, visit several ghost towns and learn about the area’s rich mining history, stroll through the charming shops in historic Philipsburg, and recreate in the refreshing waters of Georgetown Lake, among other sites.
- Copper Village Museum
- Fairmont Hot Springs
- Montana Zipline Adventures
- Old Works (Jack Nicklaus signature course)
- Berkeley Pit
- Copper King Mansion
- Mai Wah Museum
- Old Butte Historical Adventures (underground tours)
- Our Lady of the Rockies
- The World Museum of Mining
- Deer Park Golf Course
- Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site
- Historic Cottonwood City Park
- Powell County Museum
- The Montana Auto Museum
- The Old Montana Prison Museum
- Garnet Ghost Town
- Discovery Ski Area (includes summer mountain biking)
- Granite Ghost Town
- Pan for sapphires in the Sapphire Gallery, Montana Gems, and Gem Mountain
Halfway Between Glacier and Yellowstone
Distances (in miles) of Montana cities and towns from Deer Lodge/Indian Creek Campground
Avon: 24
Belgrade: 122
Belt: 240
Big Timber: 195
Billings: 279
Boulder: 74
Bozeman: 134
Butte: 39
Chinook: 281
Choteau: 158
Circle: 522
Columbia Falls: 224
Cooke: 271
Culbertson: 524
Forsyth: 381
Garrison: 11
Great Falls: 147
Glacier National Park: 246
Hamilton: 128
Helena: 55
Hot Springs: 157
Kalispell: 186
Laurel: 246
Lewistown: 248
Libby: 271
Livingston: 159
Manhattan: 113
Miles City: 427
Missoula: 83
Ovando: 80
Philipsburg: 54
Plentywood: 571
Poplar: 491
Superior: 144
Three Forks: 102
Virginia City: 114
Whitefish: 219
West Yellowstone: 196