Today's weather and roads, the six ways in, day trips and weekends, and the tools that keep working up the canyons with no signal.
Live from the National Weather Service. Kings Hill makes its own weather, so check both.
From the paved byway over Kings Hill to the dirt roads up the creeks. Tap a number, or show the campgrounds, cabins and trailheads.
NEIHARTTap a number for that road in, or a dot for a campground, cabin or cam. The Highwood Baldy cam is just off the top of this map.
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FOREST RD119Road miles and drive times from a routing engine, for dry roads.
Great Falls to White Sulphur Springs on US 89, right through the middle of the range.
Old guard stations and a fire lookout you can rent by the night. Prices as the Forest Service lists them.
The Little Belts were silver and lead country. Some of it still stands.
A long loop through the towns that ring the Little Belts.
They run on your phone. Once you've opened this site, it keeps working where there's no signal.
Campgrounds, cabins, gas, food and towns, closest first.
Every named summit within 35 miles. On a phone, turn on the compass and point it at a mountain.
Save places as you go. They stay on this phone, and one button turns them into turn-by-turn directions.
Fill up in Belt, White Sulphur Springs or Stanford. Neihart has one fuel stop, and small-town stations keep their own hours.
Closest to Neihart: Mountainview Medical Center in White Sulphur Springs, 40 road miles. Great Falls has two, 58 road miles.
Kings Hill can be a different world from the valleys. Check the forecast and Montana 511 before you cross.
Many are seasonal. The Forest Service's motor vehicle use map says what's open, and when: Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest.
Phones go quiet in a lot of these canyons. Open this site before you go: the pages you've seen, your trip and the tools keep working.
Emergencies: call 911. Forest Service: Belt Creek Ranger Station (7 miles), White Sulphur Springs (28), Judith at Stanford (29).
| Rent from the Forest Service | Miles | |
|---|---|---|
| Kings Hill Cabin | 6.8 | Book |
| Dry Wolf Cabin | 12.6 | Book |
| Calf Creek Cabin | 13.0 | Book |
| Monument Peak Lookout | 17.5 | Book |
| Hunters Spring Cabin | 20.9 | Book |
| Judith Guard Station | 21.9 | Book |
| Thompson Guard Station | 36.5 | Book |
| Campground | Miles | |
|---|---|---|
| Many Pines Campground | 3.4 | Details |
| Aspen Campground | 4.2 | Details |
| Kings Hill Campground | 6.7 | Details |
| Moose Creek Campground | 9.4 | Details |
| Dry Wolf Group Campground | 10.6 | |
| Dry Wolf Campground | 10.8 | Details |
| Jumping Creek Campground | 12.0 | Details |
| Logging Creek Campground | 17.2 | Details |
| Hay Canyon Campground | 22.7 | Details |
| Grasshopper Campground | 27.0 | Details |
| Richardson Campground | 27.2 | Details |
| Spring Creek Campground | 27.3 | Details |
| Hospital | Town | Miles | Road miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountainview Medical Center | White Sulphur Springs | 28 | 40 |
| Benefis Hospitals | Great Falls | 47 | 58 |
| Great Falls Clinic Hospital | Great Falls | 47 | 58 |
| Wheatland Memorial Hospital | Harlowton | 55 | 92 |
| Central Montana Medical Center | Lewistown | 62 | 99 |
Miles are from Neihart as the crow flies unless they say road miles. Cabins, campgrounds and offices: USDA Forest Service. Hospitals: Medicare's hospital list.
By the numbers
Forest Service and OpenStreetMap data, October 2026.
The Little Belts get the most detail. Around them, every town and range within 100 miles of Neihart.
| Town | Miles | Road miles | Drive |
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| Monarch | 12 | 13 | 18 min |
| Raynesford | 23 | 29 | 54 min |
| Belt | 32 | 39 | 54 min |
| White Sulphur Springs | 28 | 40 | 1 h 0 min |
| Stanford | 29 | 55 | 1 h 24 min |
| Great Falls | 47 | 58 | 1 h 18 min |
| Utica | 30 | 71 | 1 h 54 min |
| Townsend | 56 | 82 | 1 h 48 min |
| Harlowton | 55 | 92 | 2 h 18 min |
| Lewistown | 62 | 99 | 2 h 12 min |
| Livingston | 88 | 112 | 2 h 42 min |
| Helena | 66 | 116 | 2 h 30 min |
| Big Timber | 85 | 134 | 3 h 0 min |
| Bozeman | 88 | 146 | 2 h 54 min |
No signal: showing pages saved on this phone
