Butte-Silver Bow Parks and Recreation

Butte-Silver Bow Parks and Recreation Butte-Silver Bow organizes adult sports including softball and volleyball.

Butte-Silver Bow Parks and Recreation enhances community life through parks, trails, aquatics, recreation, and urban forestry—providing vibrant and accessible outdoor spaces for all. Altogether, the Butte-Silver Bows’s park sites total more than 450 acres of developed and undeveloped park land that provide both active and passive recreation opportunities for residents, supplemented by the incredib

le public lands and open spaces in the Butte-Silver Bow area. Currently, the city provides sports fields and other athletic facilities including outdoor basketball courts, a skateboard park, tennis, and volleyball courts, ice skating rinks, and a nine-hole and par-3 golf course. Partnerships with local youth organizations provide recreation opportunities including little league, football, tennis, and soccer. Butte-Silver Bow natural areas include Thompson Park, a 3,800-acre forested park south of Butte that is co-owned and co-managed by the U.S. Forest Service; Big Butte, which is 310 acres; Skyline Park, which is 60 acres; Basin Creek Reservoir, which is 42 acres; and Blacktail Creek, which is 10 acres. Butte-Silver Bow has developed an urban trail system within its parks as well as trails that connect to surrounding open spaces utilizing many of the Butte’s railroad and stream corridors such as the Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railroad (BA&P) corridor, Blacktail, and Silver Bow Creek Greenway Trails. City-county trails are only a piece of the trails recreation available in the Butte area. The Forest Service maintains numerous trails in the Beaverhead-Deer Lodge National Forest, including the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail (CDNST), which runs to the immediate east and south of Butte and has numerous connections to local trails at Thompson Park, Blacktail Canyon, and Maud S Canyon. The CDNST and other trails are easily accessible within a 15-20 minute drive from Butte at the Homestake (on I-90) and Pipestone (on MT-2) trailheads.

09/01/2026
08/30/2026

What a way to wrap up this year’s Rotary Club of Butte Duck Derby! 🦆💦

A huge thank you to everyone who adopted a duck, sponsored a Mallard, volunteered, cheered us on, and helped bring another Derby to life. It’s always fun watching those little ducks race, but the best part is knowing the impact continues long after they cross the finish line.

We’re especially grateful to Butte-Silver Bow Parks & Recreation, the Butte-Silver Bow Parks & Trails Foundation, and the incredible staff at Ridge Waters for their partnership, support, and all the behind-the-scenes work that helped make the evening possible. Community events like this truly take a community!

Congratulations to all of our winners, and thank you, Butte, for once again showing up for community, connection, and a little quacky fun along the way.

Recent bear activity has been reported in the area east of Skyline Park. Please stay alert and use caution when visiting...
08/20/2026

Recent bear activity has been reported in the area east of Skyline Park.

Please stay alert and use caution when visiting the park or nearby trails.

If you see a bear:
• For emergencies or immediate public safety threats, call 911.
• For non‑emergency sightings or property damage, contact Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks – Butte Area Resource Office at 406‑494‑1953.

Your awareness helps keep both people and wildlife safe.

08/06/2026
07/27/2026

Robert Cline champion 68-71⛳️🏌️🏆

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1340 Harrison Avenue
Butte, MT
59701

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Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm

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+14064976535

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