Entry No. 17 — the Butte file — filed under: outdoor

Blackfoot Pathways: Sculpture in the Wild

On the edge of tiny Lincoln, an international sculpture park sits inside a pine woodland that you wander on foot. The works riff on the Blackfoot Valley's logging and mining past — massive timber pieces like a whirlpool built from Ponderosa logs, plus installations you can step inside. A storyboard sequence even tells a snail's life in the old Burma-Shave roadside-sign style. It's free, open dawn to dusk, and a quiet hour-long walk through forest and art.

The move: Drive out to Lincoln and take the slow woodland loop, ducking inside the walk-in sculptures along the way.

📍 Before you go About 75 miles northwest of Butte near Lincoln; outdoor woodland trail, so dress for weather and allow an hour to walk it.

• 📍 Lincoln
• 💸 $$
• ⚡ Up for anything
• 🌗 Indoors

Where: 1970 Sculpture Way, Lincoln, MT 59639

Hours: Added 2026-06-24 — confirm current hours before you go.

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last checked: 2026-06-24