Fishing near Montana Towns
The closest lakes, rivers, access sites and tackle shops to 69 Montana cities and towns, with straight-line miles.
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Montana towns, A through Z
A
- Anaconda
B
C
- Chinook
- Choteau
- Colstrip
- Columbia Falls
- Columbus
- Conrad
- Cut Bank
D
- Deer Lodge
- Dillon
E
- East Helena
- Eureka
- Evergreen
F
- Forsyth
- Fort Benton
- Four Corners
G
- Glasgow
- Glendive
- Great Falls
H
- Hamilton
- Hardin
- Havre
- Helena
- Helena Valley Northeast
- Helena Valley Northwest
- Helena Valley Southeast
- Helena Valley West Central
K
L
- Lakeside
- Laurel
- Lewistown
- Libby
- Livingston
- Lockwood
- Lolo
M
- Malmstrom AFB
- Malta
- Manhattan
- Miles City
- Missoula
- Montana City
N
- North Browning
O
- Orchard Homes
P
- Plains
- Plentywood
- Polson
R
- Red Lodge
- Ronan
- Roundup
S
- Shelby
- Sidney
- Stevensville
T
- Thompson Falls
- Three Forks
- Townsend
W
- West Yellowstone
- Whitefish
- Whitehall
- Wolf Point
Montana towns list, explained
What qualifies a place for a town page?
Cities and towns holding 1,000 residents or more in 2020, along with Census-designated places above 2,500.
How does this Montana guide measure its miles?
Straight-line distance from the Census point of each Montana town to the lake, access site or shop.
Where do I look if my town is missing?
Try the county page, or enter the name in the search box.
Are Butte and Anaconda listed?
Yes, as the Census names the consolidated city-counties of Butte-Silver Bow and Anaconda-Deer Lodge County.
Do the town pages mention fly shops?
They list the nearest Montana shops that have a mapped street address, each with its mileage.
Where can I see reservoir levels for a town?
Follow a lake link; Corps readings print with their date on the lake pages.
Why do a few town names have no link?
Their pages are still waiting in the publishing queue; a link appears when each one opens.
Is every page gathered in one place?
The A to Z page lists each lake, river and species page together.
FWP rules and Montana directories beside the towns list
- Every Montana fishing page, A to Zreservoirs, streams, counties, towns and fish together
- Montana license prices and district rulesFWP fees, general seasons and the three fishing districts
- Western District standard limitschart rows and every exception water printed there
- Central District standard limitschart rows and every exception water printed there
- Eastern District standard limitschart rows and every exception water printed there
- Montana reservation and national park waterswhere tribal or Park Service rules come on top
- Montana ice fishing conteststhe FWP-approved winter list with dates and waters
- Montana free fishing weekendsMother's Day and Father's Day weekends by law
- Montana state record fishFWP's certified records, weights and lengths
- Montana stocking in 2026the FishMT plant report by water and species
- Montana reservoir levels and stream gaugesUSGS live flow plus dated Corps readings
- Montana boat rampsFWP fishing access sites and state park ramps
- Montana fishing access siteswalk-in, hand launch and bank sites
- Montana bait and tackle shopscounters, fly shops and marinas in four map quadrants
- Montana fishing guideslisted outfitters and guide services with towns and phones
- Montana fishing tournamentsFWP-approved contests and posted results
- Protected fish in Montanabull trout, pallid sturgeon and species of concern
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