30 Things To Do In Missoula | Destination Missoula (2024)

Enjoy a Performance at MCT

The MCT Center for the Performing Arts is home to the Missoula Children's Theater and the Missoula Community Theater. For the past 40 years,...

Hike The M

A local favorite, the short scramble up Mount Sentinel takes you, courtesy of 11 switchbacks, 620 feet above the valley floor in less than h...

Enjoy an Event at Caras Park

Caras Park truly sits in the center of it all, with the Clark Fork River to one side and downtown Missoula to the next. People come to watch...

Check Out The Historical Museum At Fort Missoula

The Historical Museum at Fort Missoula was established by community effort in 1975 to save what remained of original Fort Missoula, and to i...

Go To A Winter Market

Experience a winter market in Missoula. The market opens on the weekends to the shoppers' delight, with locally made items and gifts for t...

Play At Mobash Skate Park

Praised as one of the top 5 parks in the country, MoBash has over 15,000 square feet of skate area. Complete with various bowls, bank walls,...

Relax In A Natural Hot Springs

Missoula is surrounded by natural hot springs; some commercialized, and some still in their natural state. Spend a day at Lolo Hot Springs s...

Try Your Hand At Fishing

At the confluence of theClark Fork,BlackfootandBitterrootRivers, Missoula lives up to its name. Whether you prefer to fish from th...

Cool Off At A Water Park

Missoula was blessed with two new water parks in the last few years. Currents Aquatic Center, at McCormick Park, is an indoor facility compl...

Spend A Day Golfing On The Greens

With six golf courses in the immediate Missoula area and more scattered all around us, you will definitely be able to find a course to meet...

Grab Pizza and Drinks Overlooking the Clark Fork River

Work up an appetite exploring Missoula and then treat yourself to hand tossed pizza overlooking the Clark Fork River. The dining scene at th...

Stroll the Riverfront Walking Trail

The riverfront walking trail lines the north and south shores of the Clark Fork River in Downtown Missoula. A walk along the trail can take...

Attend A Wine Tasting

Take a moment and enjoy a wine tasting while visiting Missoula. There area couple ofwineries in town, as well as some beautiful locati...

Show Your Team Spirit At A Local Game

Missoula is home to the Montana Grizzlies football, basketball, volleyball, hockey and soccer teams. Missoula is also home to the Missoula P...

Visit a Montana State Park

Take a day trip from Missoula to visit one of the many State Parks that are just a short drive outside of town. Montana's State Parks are ri...

Go Shopping, Montana Style

In Missoula we have lots of choices for the shopping enthusiast in all of us. Visit ourdowntown shopswith lots of uniquely Missoula prod...

Savor A Signature Drink From A Local Distillery

One of a kind co*cktails made from locally (and expertly) distilled liquors are being stirred and shaken right here in Missoula. If you are...

Catch A Local Theatre Performance

Missoula has an abundance of talented stage performers. From the Missoula CommunityTheatre to the Hamilton Players, you will find somethin...

Take an Adult Art Class at ZACC

Missoula is overflowing with creative people and artistic flare—just look at the traffic signal boxes scattered around town, all covered i...

Find a Food Truck

Here is Missoula, we love our food trucks. You've probably seen (and smelled!) these colorful mobile eateries sitting outside of breweries,...

Explore Garnet Ghost Town

Montana's most intact ghost town was never built to last. Garnet endures along with the spirits of the rugged gold miners and their families...

Go To The Farmer's Markets

Missoula boasts 3 farmer's markets during the growing season from May to October. All located within a few blocks of each other, you are sur...

Drink Some Local Beer At A Missoula Brewery

Do you favor a frosty mug of beer on the warm summer days, and a heart-warming porter or stout in the dead of winter? Then you'll find yours...

Spend An Afternoon Or Evening At Caras Park

Caras Park is Missoula's town square and is the site for many exciting events such as: Out to Lunch Downtown ToNight Garden City...

Learn About Aerial Firefighting At The Smokejumper Visitor Center

Learn about aerial firefighting at the Smokejumper Visitor Center. Smokejumpers are highly trained specialists who parachute into remote are...

Raft The Famous Alberton Gorge

Hitting the rapids is exhilarating no matter your vessel of choice, but whitewater rafting—led by any one of Missoula’s several rafting...

Head To Big Dipper For Some Ice Cream

With curious flavors such as Mango Habanero Sorbet, Irish Whiskey, Pumpkin, Black Licorice and Cardamom, Missoula's Big Dipper is well-known...

Relax With A Massage

Winter can be filled with fun and excitement but sometimes it is nice to just stop for a moment and get truly relaxed, the way you can when...

Go Mountain Biking

There is nothing quite like enjoying the beauty of Montana on a bicycle. Explore the Rattlesnake recreation area or tour the old Hiawatha Ra...

Check Out The Montana Natural History Center

The mission of the Montana Natural History Center is to promote and cultivate the appreciation, understanding and stewardship of nature thro...