The Montana Dinosaur Trail, established in 2005, is a series of fifteen Dinosaur themed museums, state parks and other attractions that run through the state.
The fifteen organizations that make up the Dinosaur Trail are the following:
Two Medicine Dinosaur Center in Bynum, Montana is open year round 7 days a week except holidays and offers college credit programs. It is located on U.S. Highway 89 in downtown Bynum. 1-800-238-6873
Old Trail Museum, located at 823 North Main Street U.S. Highway 89 in Choteau, Montana, is open during part of the year and features fossils from the Two Medicine Formation. (406) 466-5332
Museum of the Rockies, 600 West Kagy Boulevard in Bozeman, is the Montana state official repository for federal and state paleontological collections. The museum is just south of the Montana State University-Bozeman campus and is open year round. (406) 994-DINO
Rudyard Depot Museum, located off U.S. Highway 2 at 4th Avenue NW in Rudyard, Montana, is a Museum of the Rockies affiliate. The Rudyard Depot Museum is open Memorial Day to Labor Day, 7 days a week, and in the winter by appointment. (406) 355-4322
Upper Musselshell Museum is located at 11 and 36 South Central Avenue in Harlowton, Montana and is open Memorial Day to Labor Day. (406) 632-5519
H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum, open year round, features information about the Wahkpa Chu'gn Buffalo Jump Site just north of the museum which is located on U.S. Highway 2 West and the museum is west of the Havre, Montana Holiday Village Mall. (406) 265-4000
Blaine County Museum is located at 501 Indiana Street just 4 blocks off U.S. Highway 2 in Chinook, Montana. This museum is open year round and free to the public. (406) 357-2590
Great Plains Dinosaur Museum and Field Station and the Phillips County Museum are next door to each other on U.S. Highway 2 in Malta, Montana. Great Plains is open May to September and by appointment (406) 654-5300 and the Phillips County Museum is open year round. (406) 654-1037
Garfield County Museum is located on U.S. Highway 200 in Jordan, Montana and features Cretaceous fossils from the Hell Creek Formation. The museum is open daily from June 1st to September 1st and is free to the public. (406) 557-2517
Fort Peck Field Station of Paleontology, 40 Deer Born Road Fort Peck, is open Monday through Friday from May to September and has seasonal hours from October through April. This field station is associated with the University of Montana Paleontology Department. (406) 526-3539
http://www.pecksrex.comFort Peck Interpretive Center and Museum is open daily from May to September and has seasonal hours from October to April and is located 1.5 miles east of the Fort Peck townsite on Lower Yellowstone Road. (406) 526-3493
Makoshika Dinosaur Museum, 111 West Bell Street in Glendive, is open Memorial Day Weekend to September 1st and in the winter by appointment. (406) 377-1637
Makoshika State Park, located 1.4 miles southeast of Glendive on Snyder Avenue, is part of the late Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation and is open year round with camping available. (406) 377-6256
Carter County Museum, 306 North Main Street (MT Highway 7) Ekalaka, is 35 miles south of Baker, Montana and U.S. Highway 12. This museum also features fossils from the Hell Creek Formation and is free and open year round. (406) 775-6886
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