Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
The front of the
Butte-Silver Bow Chamber of Commerce and Visitor In-
formation Center
(1000 George St., 406/723-3177 or 800/735-6814,
www.buttechamber.org
,
8am-6pm daily summer, 9am-5pm Mon.-Fri. fall-spring)
is stocked with brochures, pamphlets, and tour information; in back, you can usu-
ally find a helpful chamber employee to answer questions.
Another terrific Butte online resource is
www.butteamerica.com
.
The
Butte-Silver Bow Public Library
(226 W. Broadway, 406/723-3361,
www.buttepubliclibrary.info
,
10am-5pm Mon. and Fri.-Sat., 10am-8pm Tues.-Thurs.) is at
Broadway and Idaho Street. The
main post office
(8:30am-5:30pm Mon.-Fri., 9am-1pm
Sat.) is located at 701 Dewey Boulevard.
The emergency room at
St. James Hospital
(400 S. Clark St., 406/723-2627) is open 24
hours every day.
For laundry, the
Suds N' Fun Casino & Laundromat
(2721 Harrison Ave., 406/
494-7004) is open 24 hours every day.
The
Bert Mooney Airport
(BTM, 406/494-3771,
http://butteairport.com
) in Butte is
served by Delta carrier SkyWest, with daily direct flights from Salt Lake City, and Horizon,
with daily direct flights from Seattle. The car-rental agencies at the airport are
Avis,
Budget, Enterprise,
and
Hertz.
The
Greyhound
(406/723-3287,
www.greyhound.com
) station is at 1324 Harrison Av-
enue. Butte is 64 miles south of Helena, 82 miles west of Bozeman, and 120 miles southeast
of Missoula.
The Butte-Silver Bow Transit System
(406/497-6200,
www.co.silverbow.mt.us/transit
)
offers bus service 6:45am-6:15pm Monday-Friday, with shorter hours on Saturday. You
can pick up a bus schedule at the public library.
Mining City Taxi
(3 S. Main St., 406/
723-6511) offers service 24 hours every day.
This stretch of the state is wide open, with sweeping valleys, soaring mountains, and some
authentic small communities that were involved in different stages of Montana's boom-and-
