{"id":66,"date":"2013-06-16T03:32:27","date_gmt":"2013-06-16T09:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darbymt.net\/a\/?p=66"},"modified":"2016-02-24T10:47:32","modified_gmt":"2016-02-24T17:47:32","slug":"events-and-recreation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darbymt.net\/a\/events-and-recreation\/","title":{"rendered":"Events and Recreation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Check out the Summer Fun in and around Darby!<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fs.usda.gov\/activity\/bitterroot\/recreation\/hiking\" target=\"_blank\">Hiking<\/a>:\u00a0<\/strong>Over 1600 miles of hiking trails&#8211;easy to difficult&#8211;in the Bitterroot National Forest. Enough to satisfy a variety of interests. Wildflower enthusiasts, camera buffs, and families will delight in the Bitterroot&#8217;s grandeur and mile-high clean air.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fs.usda.gov\/activity\/bitterroot\/recreation\/wateractivities\" target=\"_blank\">Swimming\/Boating\/Rafting<\/a>:\u00a0<\/strong>Como Lake,\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/stateparks.mt.gov\/painted-rocks\/\" target=\"_blank\">Painted Rocks Lake State Park<\/a>, and the Bitterroot River offer great areas for fast or slower paced water fun.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fs.usda.gov\/activity\/bitterroot\/recreation\/fishing\" target=\"_blank\">Fishing<\/a>:<\/strong>\u00a0Right here in Darby the Bitterroot River has some of the best trout fishing in the country on the East Fork Btterroot, West Fork\u00a0Bitterroot, or main Bitterroot River. Fishermen have access to streams, rivers and mountain lakes as well.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fs.usda.gov\/activity\/bitterroot\/recreation\/natureviewing\" target=\"_blank\">Wildlife Viewing\/Photographers<\/a><\/strong>:\u00a0Bird watchers and hunters are attracted to the area by the variety and abundance of our wildlife species.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/visitmt.com\/listing\/categories_NET\/PrimaryResults.aspx?Title=Ghost+Towns&amp;Region=Gold+West+Country&amp;SiteId=1&amp;SiteTypes=ghost+town\" target=\"_blank\">Ghost Town Tour<\/a>:<\/strong>\u00a0Take a scenic tour through some great Ghost towns that are just a few hours away.\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/visitmt.com\/listing\/categories_NET\/MoreInfo.aspx?IDRRecordID=3081\" target=\"_blank\">Bannack<\/a>\u00a0is close so just come on through the Big Hole Valley to the Bitterroot to get on the\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/visitmt.com\/experiences\/history\/lewis_and_clark\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lewis and Clark Trail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fs.usda.gov\/activity\/bitterroot\/recreation\/horseriding-camping\" target=\"_blank\">Horseback Camping and Riding<\/a>:<\/strong>\u00a0Your trail to adventure starts in Darby. Horseback rides and summer pack trips can be found in abundance, through many outfitters, right here in Darby.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/visitmt.com\/experiences\/history\/lewis_and_clark\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lewis and Clark Trail<\/a>:<\/strong>\u00a0Darby is just north of\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/lewisandclarkcountry.org\/lewis_and_clark_MT_ID_WA_OR_attractions_parks.html\" target=\"_blank\">Ross&#8217; Hole in Sula<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/lewisandclarkcountry.org\/lewis_and_clark_MT_ID_WA_OR_attractions_parks.html\" target=\"_blank\">Lost Trail Pass<\/a>\u00a0right on the Lewis and Clark Trail.\u00a0<em>&#8220;Follow the route of the Corps of Discovery across Montana and take in the historical account of the historic journey as well as plan your own expedition to see and experience the same sites and sights that Lewis and Clark experienced more than 200 years ago.&#8221; \u00a0(visitmt.com)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/fwp.mt.gov\/recreation\/searchResults.html?siteType=ALL&amp;cityDistance=10&amp;siteId=43&amp;qType=city\" target=\"_blank\">Montana Fish, Wildlife &amp; Parks<\/a>:<\/strong>\u00a0Here are all the State Park fishing access sites within 10 miles of Darby.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/biho\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Big Hole National Battlefield<\/a>:<\/strong>\u00a0is a memorial to the people who fought and died there on August 9 and 10, 1877; combatants in a five month conflict that came to be called the Nez Perce War of 1877. 10 miles west of Wisdom, Montana and about 1 hour from Darby.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/glac\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Glacier National Park<\/a>:<\/strong>\u00a0Located a scenic 4\u00bd hours away by car.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/yell\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Yellowstone National Park<\/a>:<\/strong>\u00a0Located a scenic 6 hours away by car.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out the Summer Fun in and around Darby! Hiking:\u00a0Over 1600 miles of hiking trails&#8211;easy to difficult&#8211;in the Bitterroot National Forest. Enough to satisfy a variety of interests. Wildflower enthusiasts, <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.darbymt.net\/a\/events-and-recreation\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":67,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.darbymt.net\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.darbymt.net\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.darbymt.net\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.darbymt.net\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.darbymt.net\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.darbymt.net\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":824,"href":"https:\/\/www.darbymt.net\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66\/revisions\/824"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.darbymt.net\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.darbymt.net\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.darbymt.net\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.darbymt.net\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}