Entry No. 31 — the Missoula file — filed under: roadside-oddity

God's Ten Commandments Park

Built in 2014 by Philip Klevmoen, a Creston horse rancher who took it as a divine call, this earnest evangelical roadside park sits on a former lumber-mill Superfund lot along US Highway 2. You loop through more than 20 hand-lettered billboards on the biblical Ten Commandments, religious quotes attributed to U.S. presidents, and three giant timber crosses rising from an otherwise bare 10 acres. Go inside and they'll hand you free food and a magnet. Unpolished, single-minded, and unmistakably sincere.

The move: Detour off Highway 2 near Columbia Falls to walk the winding path of hand-built crosses, stone grottos, and decades-old religious billboards.

📍 Before you go Roughly 150 miles north of Missoula near Columbia Falls, an outdoor walk-through site best in fair weather. It's a long but doable day trip; pair it with the Flathead area.

• 📍 Columbia Falls, MT
• 💸 Free
• ⚡ Up for anything
• 🌗 Outdoors

Where: US Hwy 2 E, Columbia Falls, MT

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

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last checked: 2026-06-24