Centrally located between Flathead Lake, Whitefish Mountain Resort and Glacier National Park, the bustling community of Kalispell has a notable Old West charm that effortlessly coincides with its lively arts and cultural scene. Kalispell's historic downtown district offers must-stop local restaurants and watering holes, plus art studios and galleries, and shops specializing in goods made right here in Montana. Tee up at one of Kalispell’s three golf clubs.
Downtown Kalispell is home to cool museums, delectable local restaurants, cute boutiques and tasty watering holes. Instead of passing through, be sure to stop and explore this cool town.
The quaint city of Kalispell, Montana sits among towering mountain ranges in a valley filled with crystal clear lakes. It is known for its outdoor oriented culture and its proximity to vast recreation areas like Glacier National Park and many other wilderness areas.
It was founded in 1887 as Demmersville but quickly turned into a ghost town as the Great Northern Railroad determined a city sight that it preferred. Kalispell became a city in 1891, just before the first railroad car pulled into Main Street, downtown Kalispell, on New Year's Day, 1892. A huge celebration took place immediately and a silver stake was nailed into the center tie to mark its beginning. Community members had donated silver coins to be melted down to make the stake. The railroad brought Kalispell many tourists, pioneers and businessmen. Over the years the railroad has turned the city into a booming industrial city with farmers, sawmills, and flour mills. As the largest city in northwest Montana, with a population of 13,000, it is also its trade center.
Kalispell today represents little of what it once meant to Native tribes like the Salish, Blackfoot, Kutenai, and Kalispel. Before pioneers moved into northern Montana, Native Americans hunted and gathered over a vast area of land. They subsided on buffalo, deer, and elk, and gathered plants like bitterroot, moss, wild onions, Indian potatoes, and sarvis berries. They created ways to preserve food so that it would last through colder months. In 1855 they were forced to surrender the land the claimed and move to Flathead Reservation, an area in the Lower Flathead River Basin. Around 4,000 members live on the Reservation today. You can learn more about their history by visiting a tribal museum, the People's Center, located in Pablo.
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Phone: 406.257.7144
4170 U.S. Highway 2 E. at Glacier Park Airport
Kalispell, Montana 59901
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Phone: 406.257.2727
4170 U.S. Highway 2 E. (Glacier Park International Airport)
Kalispell, Montana 59912
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Phone: 406.857.2400
4824 U.S. 93 S.
Kalispell, Montana 59901
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Phone: 406.407.2205
409 First Ave. E., Suite B
Kalispell, MT 59901
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Phone: 888.342.6319
1176 N. Main St.
Kalispell, Montana 59901
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Phone: 406.758.2811
15 Depot Park
Kalispell, Montana 59901
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Phone: 406.203.5055
17 Second St. E., Suite 210
Kalispell, Montana 59901
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Phone: 406.885.1212
PO Box 5604
Kalispell, Montana 59903
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Phone: 800.223.9380
500 Main St.
Kalispell, Montana 59901
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Phone: 406.755.5362
4170 U.S. Highway 2 E.
Kalispell, Montana 59901
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Phone: 406.257.5994
4170 Highway 2 E.
Kalispell, Montana 59901
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Phone: 406.407.7000
69 N. Main St.
Kalispell, Montana 59901
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Phone: 800.426.7866
1140 U.S. Highway 2 W.
Kalispell, Montana 59901
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Phone: 406.758.2220
4120 U.S. Highway 2, Glacier International Airport
Kalispell, MT 59901
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Phone: 877.782.9444
1840 U.S. Highway 93 S.
Kalispell, Montana 59901
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Phone: 406.755.7405
275 Treeline Rd
Kalispell, Montana 59901
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Phone: 406.755.8080
195 Hutton Ranch Road
Kalispell, Montana 59901
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Phone: 406.756.BREW
412 Main St.
Kalispell, Montana 59901
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Phone: 406.253.6923
14 Third St. E., Suite 260
Kalispell, Montana 59901
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Phone: 406.758.2803
15 Depot Park
Kalispell, Montana 59901
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Phone: 406.755.8100
100 Main St.
Kalispell, Montana 59901
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Phone: 406.752.5111
310 Sunnyview Lane
Kalispell, Montana 59901
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Phone: 888.870.5552
255 Montclair Drive
Kalispell, Montana 59901
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Phone: 406.755.2376
1880 U.S. Highway 93 S.
Kalispell, Montana 59901
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Phone: 406.756.2544
270 Bayou Road
Kalispell, Montana 59901
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Phone: 800.392.9795
1176 N. Main St.
Kalispell, Montana 59903
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Phone: 406.756.8381
124 Second Ave. E.
Kalispell, Montana 59901
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Phone: 800.325.4000
20 N. Main St.
Kalispell, Montana 59901
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Phone: 800.968.5637
825 Helena Flats Road
Kalispell, Montana 59901
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Phone: 406.863.1200
1410 E. Edgewood Drive
Whitefish, MT 59937
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Phone: 406.314.6600
250 Old Reserve Dr.
Kalispell, MT 59901
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Phone: 406.758.8100
1605 Danielson Road
Kalispell, Montana 59901
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Phone: 406.257.1102
343 S. Main St.
Kalispell, MT 59911
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Phone: 406.755.1211
Glacier National Park Field Camp
Glacier National Park, Montana 59903
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Phone: 406.260.4401
1301 S. Main St.
Kalispell, Montana 59901
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Phone: 800.252.6581
Middle and South forks of the Flathead River
West Glacier, Montana 59936
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