Gardiner District
The Gardiner District is a fishing area in Montana's Custer Gallatin National Forest, within the Gardiner Ranger District. The Forest Service manages the land. The district is not a single trail or route but an area of the forest, and it falls about 0.6 miles from the town of Gardiner. Summer is the most comfortable time to visit. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Gardiner put July highs around 87°F and lows near 53°F, with June and September running a little cooler. Winter is severe, with January highs around 35°F and lows near 17°F. Eagle Creek campground is about 1.7 miles away, and the Yellowstone River and Maiden Falls hikes are both within about 2.4 miles. For a longer outing, The Hoodoos climbing area is roughly 6.3 miles off.
- Eagle CreekCamping1.7 mi
Yellowstone RiverHikingPhoto: Forest Service - Northern Region, Public Domain Mark (via Flickr)2.2 mi- Maiden FallsHiking2.4 mi
- Yellowstone River TrailHikingPhoto: Forest Service - Northern Region, Public Domain Mark (via Flickr)2.5 mi
Beaver Ponds TrailHikingPhoto: petemckelvey, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)2.6 mi
The HoodoosRock climbingPhoto: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)6.3 mi
Gardner RiverCanoeingPhoto: Jo Suderman, Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons)7.1 mi- Bear CreekCamping7.6 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- Lake Yellowstone Hotel and CabinsLake fishing · ~1h 3m drive
- Carbella Rec SiteRiver fishing · ~26 min drive
- Fisherman's PointPier fishing · ~56 min drive
- Gallatin RiverRiver fishing · ~1h 3m drive
- Old Faithful InnLake fishing · ~1h 9m drive
- Deer CreekRiver fishing · ~52 min drive
- Cache LakeLake fishing · ~9 min drive
- Moose CreekRiver fishing · ~54 min drive
- Swan LakeLake fishing · ~13 min drive
- Windy Point Boat LaunchRiver fishing · ~1h 18m drive
