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Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area

Operating Hours & Seasons

Yellowtail Dam Visitor Center, Fort Smith, Montana is open 9:00AM-5:00PM daily from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Check locally for weekend hours in May and September. Closed the rest of the year. Bighorn Canyon Visitor Center, Lovell, Wyoming is open daily throughout the year. Memorial Day through Labor Day hours are 8:00AM - 6:00PM. Labor Day through Memorial Day hours are 8:30 - 5:00PM. The visitor center is closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years Day. Crooked Creek Ranger Station, near Horseshoe Bend turnoff. Open Memorial Day through Labor Day.
Local Partners & Information Resources

Lovell Chamber of Commerce


Getting There

Plane
Logan International Airport in Billings, Montana for either North or South entrances. Yellowstone Regional Airport in Cody, Wyoming for South entrance. Private Planes - The 5U7 airstrip in Fort Smith, Montana is unattended and a day VFR airstrip. There are mountains and power lines surrounding the airstrip. It is suggested that with winds permitting take off should be done on runway 07 and landings on runway 25.

Car
North Entrance - Fort Smith, Montana - Take Interstate 90 to Hardin, Montana. Turn on Highway 313 traveling 40 miles south to Fort Smith, Montana and the North entrance. South entrance - near Lovell, Wyoming - From 14A turn north on Highway 37, continuing 9 miles to South entrance.

Public Transportation
None available.

Getting Around

Automobile and boat are the best ways to see the wonders of Bighorn Canyon. Since there are no roads connecting the two ends, traveling by boat is the only way to get directly from one end to the other. The North end of Bighorn Canyon is surrounded by the Crow Indian Reservation. Please respect their land and stay on the road, or on the water, except in areas that are open to travel. The South end can be traversed by auto or boat. Hiking, bicycling and horseback riding are other ways to enjoy this end of the recreation area.