• Big sky Resort
• The Best Fly Fishing Spots
• Bridger Bowl Resort
• Canyon Ferry
• Moonlight Basin Resort
• Gallatin Airport
• Brief History of the Area

• Willow Creek (6 miles)
• Manhattan (11 miles)
• Amsterdam-Churchill (19 miles)
• Belgrade (21 miles)
• Four Corners (28 miles)
• Townsend (37 miles)
• Whitehall (31 miles)
• Bozeman (31 miles).

• Three Forks’s elevation is 4,130 feet.
• The Lewis and Clark Expedition visited the site on 28 July 1805.
• The Missouri River’s headwaters is located nearby.
• “Old Town” is the original Three Forks and was described as a Gallatin City suburb in 1885. It was known at one time as an “English Colony” because it was a place where British first families sent their wayward sons to “sow their wild oats.”
• Gallatin County covers over 2,500 square miles of mountain lands varying in topography and climate from temperate river valleys to snow-capped peaks and open ranch lands.

Most summers have seven or fewer days with temperatures exceeding 90 degrees. The average high temperatures for summer are in the 70s and 80s and the average lows are in the mid 40s and low 50s.

Early in autumn, high daily temperatures average 70 degrees. Indian summer can linger until the middle of October. During the months of October and November, the temperatures generally reach highs in the 40s and 50s and lows in the 20s or 30s.

Winters in Three Forks are characterized by fluctuating temperatures. Mild winter weather is not unusual and a week or more of consistently cold weather is rare. For the winter sports enthusiast, the relatively low humidity (average around 58.9) and light winds provide an ideal climate for outdoor winter activities. Downhill ski season usually extends from mid-December to the beginning of April.

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