Backroads Travel Planner
Our full-page interactive map lets you explore 13 scenic corridors and 850+ points of interest across Montana. Build your route, discover hidden gems, and plan your road trip.
Open Trip Planner →Montana Town Match
Not sure which community fits? Dial sliders for healthcare, climate, social life, shopping, and more—then watch a custom town shortlist update from the same datasets behind our Best Of rankings.
Open Town Match →Guided Trails
History itineraries, geology & rockhounding, the Montana Dinosaur Trail, Montana Birding, and Mountain Biking share one map mode in the Backroads planner—pick a trail, follow the stops, then jump into the matching hub guide.
Scenic Corridors
Browse Montana’s curated scenic drives by distance, difficulty, and towns along the route. Open a corridor guide for stops and lodging, or load it in the interactive planner.
Frequently asked questions
How many scenic corridors does the Montana trip planner cover?
Treasure State’s trip planner covers 13 curated scenic corridors across Montana, from alpine passes like the Beartooth Highway to valley drives such as Paradise Valley and Flathead Lake.
What is the Backroads Travel Planner?
The Backroads Travel Planner is an interactive full-page map where you can explore scenic corridors, history trails, and city-to-city routes, then review nearby points of interest along your drive.
Are Montana scenic corridors open year-round?
Many valley and lake routes stay open year-round, but high-elevation corridors such as the Beartooth Highway and Skalkaho Pass typically close in winter due to snow. Each corridor page lists its recommended season.
How do I plan a multi-corridor Montana road trip?
Open the interactive Backroads Travel Planner to combine corridors on one map, or start from a corridor guide and follow its connecting routes and nearby town pages for lodging and stops.
Does the trip planner include geology, dinosaur, birding, and mountain biking stops?
Yes. Guided Trails in the Backroads map includes Geology & Rockhounding, the Montana Dinosaur Trail, Montana Birding, and Montana Mountain Biking alongside history itineraries. Each theme has a hub guide with site articles and lodging links.
Looking for Travel Guides?
Skiing, golf, fly fishing, hiking, hunting, geology, dinosaurs, state parks, wildlife viewing, and more — browse all our Montana travel and relocation guides.
Browse All Guides →Planning hunts or river access across a mix of DNRC leases and township lines? Peek at the Montana Land Ownership & GIS guide layered with statewide MSDI parcels, then pair it with corridor stops and travel guides inside the hubs above.
Also in Guides: Geology & Rockhounding, the Montana Dinosaur Trail, and Montana Birding, and Montana Mountain Biking, plus the Montana golf course directory.