Gardiner, Montana is the origional entrance to Yellowstone National Park.   It is the access point to the Lamar Valley , which is know as the Serengeti of Yellowstone.  This road is open year round, with amazing wildlife viewing, including the wolf, coyote, grizzly, elk, deer, bison, moose, bighorn sheep and 318 species of birds. 

  We are surrounded by magnificent mountain ranges, the Absoraka-Beartooth wilderness to the North,  the Gallatin Wilderness to the West, and Yellowstone National Park to the South.  The Yellowstone River flows through the center of town.  When the park was established in 1872, Gardiner became a hub for the Yellowstone traffic and gold miners.  In 1880, the Northern Pacific Railroad began service to Gardiner, officially establishing the town.  Fires swept through the town several times during the early years, destroying most of the buildings in town.

  Gardiner hosts the Roosevelt Arch, it symbolizes Gardiner as the quintissential entrance to the park.  On the face reads the inscription, "For the Benefit and Enjoyment of the People".  Teddy Roosevelt himself was here in 1903 for the dedication speech, given to more than 5000 people. 

   The Yellowstone river is a blue ribbon trout stream, fishing here is excellent, the area offers several streams a short distance from town that anglers can enjoy.  Visitors of all ages and sizes, can also take rafting adverntures that leave right from town.