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8am-5:30pm Mon.-Fri.), and one branch post office (724 15th St. W.) is open on Saturday
(9am-1pm).
The Parmly Billings Library (510 N. Broadway, 406/657-8258,
www.billings.lib.mt.us , 10am-9pm Mon.-Thurs., 10am-6pm Fri., 10am-5pm Sat. year-
round, 1pm-5pm Sun. summer) offers free use of computers with unfiltered Internet access.
You'll find Wi-Fi at the Travel Café (313 N. Broadway, 406/259-0999, 7am-5pm Mon.-
Fri., 9am-noon Sat.). The 1st floor is a café, and the 2nd floor is a travel agency. The Star-
bucks (27 N. 27th St.) in the Crowne Plaza Hotel also offers wireless Internet.
Two conveniently located coin-op Laundromats are Speedy Wash (2505 6th Ave. N.,
406/248-4177, 7am-9pm daily) and Skin Fresh Coin Laundry (3189 King Ave. W., Ste.
4, 406/652-2993, 7am-9pm daily).
For emergency medical assistance, St. Vincent Healthcare (1233 N. 30th St., 406/
657-7000, www.svh-mt.org ) and Billings Clinic Hospital (2800 10th Ave. N., 406/
238-2500 or 800/332-7156, www.billingsclinic.com ) both have 24-hour ER service. For
minor medical care, the Billings Clinic also has walk-in service at two branch locations:
West (2675 Central Ave., in Lamplighter Square next to Target, 406/238-2575) and Heights
(860 Wicks Ln., across from Walmart, 406/238-2900). Both clinics are open 7am-7:30pm
Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm Saturday-Sunday.
GETTING THERE
Billings Logan International Airport (BIL, 406/657-8495, www.flybillings.com ) is situ-
ated atop the rimrocks off I-90 at the 27th Street exit. Delta, United, Allegiant, Alaska Air-
lines, and Silver Airways offer regular flights.
If you arrive early at the airport or have some time to spare before you are picked up, vis-
it the Peter Yegen Jr. Yellowstone County Museum (1950 Terminal Circle, 406/256-6811,
www.pyjrycm.org , 10:30am-5pm Mon.-Fri., 10:30am-3pm Sat., free). Once outside the ter-
minal, follow the road around the west parking lot; the museum is on the right before the
airport exit. The museum has artifacts and exhibits highlighting the history of the northern
plains from early Native American influence through westward expansion and mining up
to the 1950s. The museum's deck provides a splendid view of the city below.
The Greyhound (2502 1st Ave. N., 406/245-5116, www.greyhound.com ) bus terminal
and ticket offices are open 24 hours a day year-round.
As the largest city in Montana, I-90 intersects Billings and I-94 begins just outside the
town, making it an easy driving destination. It is 142 miles east of Bozeman, 81 miles east