0 Beckstrom Rd

Belt, MT 59412

These 197.96 acres in central Montana display a serene landscape for recreational or residential use! Power is to the property offering options galore for a hunting cabin, a vacation home, or a dream home that provides gorgeous panoramic sights. The parcel has some barbed wire fencing that can be added on to keep in your horses or animals. With 197 acres, there's plenty of room to roam and grass to graze. The area boasts recreational attributes including hunting, fishing, hiking, and sightseeing. White-tailed and mule deer, antelope, and upland game birds flourish with native grasses aplenty. Great Falls, Montana has all the needed amenities, an international airport, and an easy commute of 35 miles. Open Fields is a program for game bird hunters that opens up land to hunters with quality bird habitats. Such acreage is located three miles northwest of the property to engage the avid hunter. The vegetation along the creek provides excellent cover for birds and wildlife. Enjoy a short drive to Showdown Ski Area in the winter months for fun skiing, snowmobiling, and snowshoeing. The Sluice Boxes are close offering spectacular landforms and an area to hike and play in the cooling waters of Belt Creek on a hot summer's day. The property inspires a lifestyle that appreciates Montana's secluded and beautiful open spaces and a highly sought-after opportunity to "buy dirt" in this awesome state! Local Area Many features make Belt, Montana a much-desired haven. For example, it attracts rugged competition from all over to participate in its annual rodeo and is still able to offer a small-town feel and experience. Belt is home to the famous Harvest Moon Brewery which combines Montana's luscious grain with fresh and clean water out of local streams and wells to make a variety of beers sought after by connoisseurs from all over. You can find ample history throughout the town or in the Belt Museum housed in the old town jail! In addition, Belt is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and claims Montana's very first coal mine. Belt's name comes from a nearby mountain, Belt Butte, which looks like it has a belt of rocks around it. The Highwood and Little Belt mountains provide areas for hiking, biking, camping, creek fishing, hunting, and recreating, and the Sluice Boxes State Park is nearby as well. Great Falls is a mere 23 miles away and has an International Airport and prestigious medical facilities for your convenience. Great Falls, MT is located in the central part of the state and straddles the mighty Missouri River. The seat of Cascade County is referred to as the "Electric City" because of its numerous dams and power plants. Great Falls includes many recreational activities for you and your family to enjoy together such as the C. M. Russell Museum which displays famed artist Charlie Russell's works and home. Get outside and enjoy the crystal-clear waters of Giant Springs State Park or float and fish the Missouri River. The city boasts the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center. The center provides displays and exhibits that trace the explorers' journey! Great Falls holds one of the most prestigious medical facilities in the state and offers an International Airport. Great Falls International Airport offers flights of Alaska, Allegiant, Delta, and United, with direct flights to Denver, Las Vegas, Minneapolis, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, Seattle, and Chicago (seasonally). With too much to list, Great Falls awaits exploration, and you are sure to cherish the memories that you will make! Area Attractions Open Fields For Game Bird Hunters Open Fields is a program that works with landowners to manage CRP in a wildlife-friendly way to provide important cover for Montana's game birds. Open Fields has gained access to more than 90,000 acres of quality bird habitat, with an emphasis on pheasants, sharp-tailed grouse, and Hungarian partridge. This property is located just three miles from these Open Fields acres and public game bird hunting opportunities. All enrolled acres are open to free walk-in public access for game bird hunting with no further permission needed. Belt Creek One of Montana's many hidden gems, Belt Creek flows through the central portion of the state. Perhaps one of the most beautiful sections of the creek is the Sluice Box Canyon section. It is an 8-mile stretch that displays stunning limestone formations with sheer cliff walls that climb for hundreds of feet. In the deep pools, fish for rainbow or brown trout. You can also catch cutthroat or brook trout. Willow, cottonwood, chokecherry, and wild roses grow along the banks while the scenery unfolds and captivates. Missouri River Fishing Central Montana is excellent walleye county. The mighty Missouri River is the longest in North America flowing over 2,341 miles. Widow Coulee offers a public fishing site. The terrain surrounding this area is beautifully described as a painting with colors streaming through the cliffs along the river as they wind along the prairie. In this stretch of the Missouri River, game fish to hook include Catfish, Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye, and Trout. A variety of methods can be used as well as a variety of bait. Little Belt Mountains The Little Belt Mountains are a section of the rugged Rocky Mountains. They lie mostly in the Lewis and Clark National Forest. The unspoiled nature is used for logging and recreation. The mountains have been mined for silver since the 1880s and for sapphires since 1896. The famous Yogo sapphire is mined near Yogo Creek. The highest peak of the range is Big Baldy Mountain towering at 9,175 feet. Ponderosa pines and Douglas-firs predominantly fill the forest providing cover for black bear, elk, white-tailed, and mule deer. Rifle and archery hunting is excellent, and during the fall, hunter's orange can be spotted trekking up the trails. The hum of motorized vehicles can often be heard as it is a popular sport here as well. Highwood Mountains In Chouteau County near Highwood, Belt Creek and Highwood Creek provide Brookie Trout fishing. The deep pools along the cliffs and rock formations are great for fly fishing or for catching bigger trout. The Highwood Mountains are a popular destination for camping, fishing, ATV-ing, horseback riding, hiking, and enjoying a fantastic scenic drive. There is a campground with maintained sites and a scenic mountain drive that takes you through several creek crossings, mountain meadows, and gorgeous forests until you reach Geyser, Montana. Wildlife is abundant as you drive past farm fields and ranches. It isn't uncommon to meet a cattle drive! Moose, black bear, bald eagle, fox, coyote, white-tailed and mule deer, and mountain lion are some animals you can catch glimpses of. Showdown Ski Area Ski in the heart of Montana at Showdown Ski Area and the Silver Crest Nordic Trail System which consists of weekly groomed trails for cross-country skiing or snowshoeing. The Kings Hill Snowmobiling System is considered to be one of the finest in Montana and has over 200 miles of marked and groomed trails. Hunting Hunting is a Montana tradition. Central Montana still lives up to that tradition. Residents and nonresidents alike enjoy hunting a variety of big game animals and upland game birds. For non-residents, the permit application deadline for deer and elk hunting in Montana is April 1. All applications are submitted online. The antelope hunting license deadline is early June. The Montana Fish, Wildlife and P

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