Central Montana

1greatfallsarea.gifTRAVEL_MT2004-12-22T11:43:04165YVISITOR INFORMATIONhttp://www.centralmontana.comCentral Montana10001680<DIV class="cityaspfont"><ul class= "fotocolumn"><li class="brewfoto"><IMG SRC="/Pictures/Cities/Highwood_Creek.JPG" BORDER=0 WIDTH=222 HEIGHT=140 ALIGN=BASELINE>Nearby CreekPhoto courtesy: John Ansotegui</li></ul> Highwood is some twenty-five miles east of <a href="/categories/City.asp?CityID=147">Great Falls</a> in the center of early cattle-grazing land. Cowboys from here went to <a href="/categories/City.asp?CityID=120">Fort Benton</a> for supplies that were shipped up the <a href="/categories/moreinfo.asp?SiteID=1&IDRRecordID=713">Missouri River</a> on riverboats, which is a journey of about twenty miles as the cowboys rode. It has been suggested that the town, mountain, and creek were so named because in this plains district trees grew high upon the old, volcanic Highwood Mountains. (from Cheney's Names on the Face of Montana, Mountain Press Publishing Company) The nearby Highwood Mountains national forest region is popular among hikers and campers.<map name="nearbycities"><area shape="rect" alt="Brady, Montana" coords="45,5,81,22" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=39"><area shape="rect" alt="Dutton, Montana" coords="35,44,72,62" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=98"><area shape="rect" alt="Power, Montana" coords="34,63,73,81" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=264"><area shape="rect" alt="Pendroy, Montana" coords="6,5,37,18" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=253"><area shape="rect" alt="Bynum, Montana" coords="5,27,38,40" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=50"><area shape="rect" alt="Fairfield, Montana" coords="28,84,64,100" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=110"><area shape="rect" alt="Vaughn, Montana" coords="53,100,86,110" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=341"><area shape="rect" alt="Fort Shaw, Montana" coords="43,112,85,123" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=123"><area shape="rect" alt="Neihart, Montana" coords="170,210,227,232" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=235"><area shape="rect" alt="Loma, Montana" coords="212,31,249,49" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=206"><area shape="rect" alt="Fort Benton, Montana" coords="184,52,248,70" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=120"><area shape="rect" alt="Carter, Montana" coords="158,70,193,76" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=55"><area shape="rect" alt="Floweree, Montana" coords="143,76,188,84" href="/categori637310HIGHWOODRUSSELLMT59450