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More Flathead Valley
Bigfork
Coram
Columbia Falls
Hungry Horse
Kalispell
Lakeside
Polson
Ronan
Somers
Whitefish
More Northwest Montana
Bitterroot Valley
Blackfeet Indian Res.
Clark Fork River
Flathead Valley
Kootenai Valley
Missoula Valley
Seeley Swan Valley
Columbia Falls, encircled by the Flathead National Forest in the northeast corner of the Flathead Valley, is 15 miles northeast of Kalispell and 15 miles west of Glacier National Park.
Road
Main routes in are US 2, US 93, MT 206, MT 40. Closest
Interstate is I-90 to the south.
Air Glacier Park International Airport is about 10 minutes south, near Kalispell. Services include Big Sky Airlines, Delta Airlines, Horizon Airlines, Northwest Airlines and Holman Aviation (private charters).
Rail The daily Amtrak passenger service the Empire Builder runs between Seattle/Portland and Chicago. Nearby depots are in: Whitefish (11 miles north, toll free phone: 800-862-7245) and West Glacier.
Columbia Falls, like other towns in the Flathead Valley, offers close proximity to year-round outdoor recreation.
Until 1998, the town didn't really have a "falls" to its name. So it built one, complete with a small park, behind Glacier Bank when you turn onto Nucleus Avenue.
Columbia Falls Chamber of Commerce. PO Box 312, Columbia Falls, MT 59912. Phone: 406-892-2072.
Daily Inter Lake (newspaper)
Hungry Horse News (weekly newspaper)
See also the Go Northwest! guide to the Flathead Valley

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