Colleen's Guidebook

Colleen And Bradley
Colleen And Bradley
Colleen's Guidebook

Food Scene

Great Coffee, coffee to-go, bagged coffee, roasted here in the Valley. They also offer breakfast, lunch, and pastries.
41 locals recommend
Montana Coffee Traders Inc
111 S Main St
41 locals recommend
Great Coffee, coffee to-go, bagged coffee, roasted here in the Valley. They also offer breakfast, lunch, and pastries.
Freshly Prepared Food located downtown.
30 locals recommend
Bonelli's Bistro
38 1st Ave E
30 locals recommend
Freshly Prepared Food located downtown.
Quaint Cafe offering freshly baked breads, delicious breakfast and lunch specials with hearty portions. Great coffee specials, too!
15 locals recommend
The Knead Café
21 5th St E
15 locals recommend
Quaint Cafe offering freshly baked breads, delicious breakfast and lunch specials with hearty portions. Great coffee specials, too!
Old School Soda Fountain vibes along with a candy store. Hamburgers, ice cream and soups offered as well.
36 locals recommend
Norm's Soda Fountain
34 S Main St
36 locals recommend
Old School Soda Fountain vibes along with a candy store. Hamburgers, ice cream and soups offered as well.
Great Food, Live Music, sometimes special guest appearances. Large selection of ciders located not too far off the beaten path.
22 locals recommend
Big Mountain Ciderworks
1051 Old Reserve Drive
22 locals recommend
Great Food, Live Music, sometimes special guest appearances. Large selection of ciders located not too far off the beaten path.
Large beer selection, great food!
142 locals recommend
Tamarack Brewing Company
105 Blacktail Rd
142 locals recommend
Large beer selection, great food!
The BEST steak house in the Valley. Very consistent in service and quality. Full Menu, full bar, located downtown. You can even order food and sit in the KM Bar located within the same building. Live music at the KM Bar.
16 locals recommend
Mercantile Steak
30 2nd Street East
16 locals recommend
The BEST steak house in the Valley. Very consistent in service and quality. Full Menu, full bar, located downtown. You can even order food and sit in the KM Bar located within the same building. Live music at the KM Bar.
Yummy freshly baked goods, coffee, and more!
42 locals recommend
Ceres Bakery Inc
318 S Main St
42 locals recommend
Yummy freshly baked goods, coffee, and more!

Nightlife

Delicious food, great live music, yummy drinks. Located behind Mercantile Steak (best steaks in the Valley), they offer the same menu, (sometimes shortened) but also live music.
13 locals recommend
KM Bar
29 3rd Street East
13 locals recommend
Delicious food, great live music, yummy drinks. Located behind Mercantile Steak (best steaks in the Valley), they offer the same menu, (sometimes shortened) but also live music.
Good food and drinks with outdoor live music and dance floor.
90 locals recommend
Gunsight Saloon
624 Nucleus Ave
90 locals recommend
Good food and drinks with outdoor live music and dance floor.
Honky Tonk that serves food with live music and dance floor. Rodeos and dance lessons during the summer.
23 locals recommend
Blue Moon Nite Club
6105 US-2
23 locals recommend
Honky Tonk that serves food with live music and dance floor. Rodeos and dance lessons during the summer.

Sightseeing

Very cool experience to see wild horses located on an island on the Flathead Lake.
9 locals recommend
Flathead Lake - Wild Horse Island State Park
9 locals recommend
Very cool experience to see wild horses located on an island on the Flathead Lake.
Superior experience offered from extremely friendly family owned employees. Pick your own cherries!
Bigfork Orchards
9392 Montana Highway 35
Superior experience offered from extremely friendly family owned employees. Pick your own cherries!
Scenic lift rides to the top and look out over the entire valley. Bike and hike trails. Alpine slides, and aerial park as well.
337 locals recommend
Whitefish Mountain Resort
1015 Glades Dr
337 locals recommend
Scenic lift rides to the top and look out over the entire valley. Bike and hike trails. Alpine slides, and aerial park as well.
Splash around on Flathead Lake. Easy lakefront access. Family friendly restaurants nearby.
30 locals recommend
Volunteer Park
7225 US-93
30 locals recommend
Splash around on Flathead Lake. Easy lakefront access. Family friendly restaurants nearby.
Walk up lake access to Whitefish Lake. 5 minutes from downtown Whitefish.
51 locals recommend
Whitefish Montana
70 Lakeside Boulevard
51 locals recommend
Walk up lake access to Whitefish Lake. 5 minutes from downtown Whitefish.
Lake Access to Flathead Lake near Big Fork (Eastern Side).
18 locals recommend
Wayfarers / Flathead Lake State Park
8600 Montana Hwy 35
18 locals recommend
Lake Access to Flathead Lake near Big Fork (Eastern Side).

City/town information

Small Quaint city not too far from Kalispell. Located next to Flathead Lake near cherry orchards.
157 locals recommend
Bigfork
157 locals recommend
Small Quaint city not too far from Kalispell. Located next to Flathead Lake near cherry orchards.

City advice

Book before you go

Reservations Recommended

I highly suggest making reservations to any restaurants and sight seeing tours, including National Parks. The Valley is comprised of several small towns who thrive on tourism during the summer, but that also means lots of visitors. Making reservations helps ensure a better experience for you.
Book before you go

Glacier National Park

Access to Glacier National Park requires a Park pass as well as an entry ticket. Tickets are available: https://www.recreation.gov/ Valid for 3 days. Tickets sell out in minutes at 8am the day PRIOR. I highly suggest creating an account and searching for one of the entrances and seeing how to access the sight before trying to purchase tickets. (West Glacier and Polebridge are ticketed separately this year)