Our home overlooks Helena and sits at the base of Mount Helena City Park. Mount Helena City Park is ... Looking out our living room window to Mount Helena City Park (and our friendly neighbors) - Cozy living room looking up at Mount Helena and hiking trails Lots of space for family cooking Gas cook top with a fully equipped kitchen Dining area that looks out to Helena and the surrounding mountains. The upstairs fireplace is decor ... Master bedroom with bathroom Master bathroom 2nd bedroom on first floor Lower level bathroom Large patio/deck for enjoying the view of the mountains and city. Patio/Deck for dining with Traeger barbecue. Help yourself to our garden in the back yard. Plenty of tomatoes, lettuce, chard and veggies for you to use from backyard garden. Raspberries, hascaps, and strawberries. Please help yourself if they are ready! Downtown Helena with a view of Mount Helena in the background. Rocky Mountain Continental Divide far ... Ice cream anyone? Downtown Helena and the many shops on the walking mall. Above our home on Mt. Helena trails with a view down into the town of Helena Broadwater Hot Springs just a 5 minute drive from home or a 15 minute bicycle trip. Newly remodeled! Helena is becoming quite well known for her "trails to ales" as it is surrounded by miles and miles ... The nearby Missouri River (45 minutes) is a leisurely float with kayaks or a raft. We have these two ... Our son Kelly is a fly fishing guide. Here he is guiding several fly fishermen on the Missouri River Tom fly fishing at another beautiful nearby trout creek. The "audience", our two dogs Kaiser and Digger hoping to go fishing too! Floating the Dearborn River this spring with neighbors. Is about an hour drive from Helena. And you can hike to this mountain lake and likely no one else will be there. So beautiful! Tom and "Digger" on our day hike to Crow Creek Falls, about a 45 minute drive from Helena. Yes, we do get snow! Snowshoe right out our back door. Great Divide Ski Area, 30 minute drive from Helena is a small family run ski area. Many ski areas within 2-3 hours from our home. Within 2 hours are Bridger Bowl (Bozeman), Snow Bowl ...

 

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Historic state capital town nestled in Rocky Mountains


House • Helena MT United States

    8 Guests  
    3 Bedrooms  
    4 Beds  
    3 Bathrooms  
    Pets welcome
    2 Car spaces 
  Primary home

Exchange types accepted

  Simultaneous  
  Non-Simultaneous  
  Non-Reciprocal & Globe  
  Hospitality  

Statistics

Listed  December 2020
Views  2225

General overview

Helena Montana is the state capital and a historic mountain town known for it's wonderful mining history. In the 1800's Helena once had the most millionaires per capita in the USA due to the gold rush and now has a wonderful area of old historic mansions. Our house is near the mansion area as well as steps from Mt. Helena, which has hundreds of hiking and mountain biking trails. Our house is in one of the most desirable areas atop a hill looking out to the town, valley and nearby mountains. It is a short walk to downtown shops, bakeries, breweries, distillery, museums, and restaurants. Near Helena is the famous Missouri River, a world renowned trout fishery. There are many smaller beautiful trout fishing rivers nearby as well. Helena is near three beautiful lakes and is a destination for boaters and vacationers. Montana is cowboy country and full of the old west glory with many nearby cattle ranches, mining ghost towns and summer rodeos. Helena is also a practical launching site to many famous areas including Yellowstone National Park which is a 3 hour drive and Glacier National Park is a 4 hour drive.

The space

The kitchen/dining and living room are open and all look out to a beautiful view of the surrounding area. The kitchen is large and accommodates many people. There is an outside deck adjoining the area to dine during Montana's wonderful summer and autumn days. The master and one additional bedroom are on the main floor. There is an additional bedroom on the main floor which has been converted to an office/studio. This area could be used as a bedroom in a pinch with an inflatable mattress which we could provide. The basement is accessed by a set of stairs and has an additional bedroom, family room, laundry and workshop as well as access to the fenced yard and garden.

Guest access

There are several steps up to the main entry and stairs to the basement bedroom, laundry and family room. It would be difficult to access the house with a wheelchair but we might be able to figure out a solution if that is an issue.

Notes

The area is on a hill so to bicycle to and from downtown, you need to be a bit in shape however it is lovely to ride through the nearby mansion district. We do have a cat which is very friendly and talkative and we have 2 dogs but they travel with us. If you are staying in our home, we are able to stay in in our RV or at our cabin that we are currently building, so you would have the place to yourself. Some great links for Helena are: https://helenachamber.com/ https://helenamt.com/business/mount-helena-city-park/ Montana links including fishing, ghost towns, etc: https://www.visitmt.com/things-to-do/outdoor-and-adventure/fishing.html www.onetravel.com/going-places/ultimate-wild-west-experience-in-montana/

Features


Washer
Washer
Dishwasher
Dishwasher
Clothes dryer
Clothes dryer
Oven
Oven
Microwave
Microwave
Fridge
Fridge
Iron
Iron
Hair dryer
Hair dryer
Heating
Heating
TV
TV
WiFi
WiFi
First aid kit
First aid kit
Smoke alarms
Smoke alarms
Fire extinguisher
Fire extinguisher
Bed sheets
Bed sheets
Towels
Towels
Workspace
Workspace
Fireplace
Fireplace
BBQ
BBQ
Balcony
Balcony
Garden / yard
Garden / yard
Deck / patio / courtyard / terrace
Deck / patio / courtyard / terrace

Travel Styles

    Long term
    Weekend
    Adventure
    Budget
    Family
    Sport and leisure
    Relaxing
    Village
    Mountains
    Water
    Skiing
    Culture
    Hiking
    Cycling
    Golf
    Cross-country skiing

House rules

    Unsuitable for infants under 2
    Unsuitable for children ages 2-12
    Pets welcome
    No smoking

Allergens

    Smoke free

Dates of Availability

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Neighbourhood

One of the most desired neighborhoods in Helena, atop a hill, next to Mt. Helena City Park and very close to two trailheads. We have very friendly neighbors, all with nicely cared for homes. There is a city walking path right in front of our house that is well used by walkers and joggers. We have lots of deer wander through our yard as well as fox and lynx. We saw a moose and calf walk through our yard this summer! We are one block from a park for children to play. Grocery store is down the hill about 5 minute car drive.

Getting around

Bicycle is great if you are in shape, you can easily walk downtown. You will need a car for groceries and to access all the wonderful sites nearby.

Map of Approximate Location

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People Like Us Local Guide

I can meet for a drink, give you advice on fishing the nearby rivers, or lakes, nearby skiing or give you ideas for the many hikes nearby.

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Ruth

We are retired professionals-- Tom is a Veterinarian and Ruth is a Registered Nurse. We are fortunate to live in a beautiful area with instant access to the outdoors. We love to float the many rivers nearby, fish, hike, ski, bicycle and garden. We think of ourselves as "travelers" rather than tourists and enjoy staying in small communities or villages and learn about the locals, where they eat and the places they like to visit. Fortunately, we have a mountain cabin that we can escape to so our home is available for non-simultaneous exchanges most of the time. We are responsible home owners and would also treat your home as if it were ours. We enjoy meeting new people and hope we can host you and your family!
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LGBTQ+ friendly Retired
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Desired Destinations

Open to any destination
Can travel at any time
Dates flexible
"Would love a 2 week stay in a small village with good train access! Wouldn’t you love to come to Montana??!!"

Dates flexible
"August 15-30, 2024. We are so Happy! We have an non-recipricol exchange set up with Marrise in Haarlem. Can’t wait!"

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"Spring Training March 2025 please!"