The adventurers Lewis & Clark passed through Fort Peck, Montana, in the early 1800s. Modern day adventurers seek out Fort Peck, in Missouri River Country, for its location near the Charles M. Russell Wildlife Refuge. Fort Peck Lake offers fishing for walleye, northern and Chinook. Fort Peck Summer Theater, built in 1934, has three productions each season. The Fort Peck Dam Interpretive Center and Museum has an aquarium, a life-size model of Peck's Rex, the T-Rex discovered here and nature walks. Fort Peck Dam, built in 1933, spans the Missouri River.
The Fort Peck Hotel, on private land within the wildlife preserve, is open April to December. The wooden motel, built in the 1930s and on the National Register of Historical Buildings, serves breakfast and dinner in the Fort Peck Dining Room. Rooms have showers or claw foot tubs. Rent a boat at the onsite marina. The pet-friendly motel has wooden rocking chairs on the front porch, where you can sit and watch wildlife.
The budget La Casa Motel is across the street from a steakhouse and within walking distance of a grocery store, a 24-hour convenience store, a gas station and a casino -- Nickel Bill's. The motel allows pets. The motel has refrigerators, microwaves and coffee makers in all rooms. La Casa, less than 20 miles from Fort Peck, is on the Lewis and Clark Trail.
The budget Lakeridge Motel and Tackle has inexpensive rooms and small cabins, all catering to anglers. The motel, on Fort Peck Lake, offers fishing charters, guides, and fishing and hunting licenses. For those who want to go out alone, the motel has gas, tackle, bait, groceries and ice. The motel allows pets. Walk two blocks to restaurants -- Mikel's Restaurant serves Cajun food.
Koski's Motel, also in Glasgow, has coffee makers, refrigerators and microwaves in its rooms. The motel allows pets. Koski's is within walking distance of the gourmet Durum Restaurant, the home-style family restaurant Willows and Sam's Hi-Line Roadhouse, which specializes in charbroiled steak and seafood. Look for elk, deer, red fox and coyotes in the wildlife refuge, and songbirds -- including the mountain bluebird and blackcapped chickadee -- that are abundant in the area.
