Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
to Helena is
www.helenamt.com
.
The site allows you to plug in your dates of travel and
shows you all the available hotels and their average nightly rates.
The
main post office
(406/443-3304, 8am-6pm Mon.-Fri., 9am-noon Sat.) is at 2300
North Harris Street, and the
Lewis and Clark Library
(406/447-1690,
www.lewisandclarklibrary.org
,
10am-9pm Mon.-Thurs., 10am-6pm Fri., 10am-5pm Sat.,
1pm-5pm Sun.) is at 120 South Last Chance Gulch.
St. Peter's Hospital
(2475 Broadway, 406/442-2480,
www.stpetes.org
)
has a 24-hour
emergency room.
The
Clean and Coin Laundromat
(1411 11th Ave., 406/442-9395, 6am-9pm daily) has
a Pac-Man machine to entice you while your duds dry.
The
Helena Regional Airport
(HLN, 2850 Skyway Dr., 406/442-2821) is just 2.5 miles
from the city center and is served by Delta/SkyWest, Alaska/Horizon, and United. The car-
rental agencies available at the airport are
Alamo, Avis, Budget, Hertz,
and
National.
Shuttles to the airport are provided by hotels in town. The courtesy phone to contact
them is located in the baggage-claim area. There is also a courtesy phone to call
Capitol
Taxi
(406/449-5525).
Helena is 64 miles north of Butte and 115 miles southeast of Missoula.
Greyhound
(1415 N. Montana Ave., 406/447-8078,
www.greyhound.com
) runs several bus routes to
and from nearby cities, including Bozeman, Billings, and Butte.
The Helena Area Transit Service (HATS) operates the
trolley,
which has 17 stops in the area
and runs every 30 minutes 11am-5pm daily, as well as the
Check Point Bus,
with a 19-stop
route that runs 7am-6pm, and the
Curb-to-Curb Bus
(pickups are not at fixed stops) that
runs every 30 minutes 6:30am-5:30pm.
Capitol Taxi
can be contacted at 406/449-5525.
