Big Bear Lodge Cooke City Montana

Big Bear Lodge is located 7 miles from the northeast entrance to Yellowstone National Park and in 20 minutes driving, you can be in Yellowstone's famous Lamar River Valley to experience any of the many wild wonders of the unique Lamar Valley ecosystem! Witness the Lamar Canyon wolf pack on a fresh kill or a rambling grizzly searching for a day's meal. Catch one of the Lamar Valley's bison herds, or a now rare sighting of a vigilant Yellowstone elk herd.

Lodging at the Big Bear Lodge provides a hearty breakfast and it's location allows you to be there for an active Yellowstone wildlife spectacular at sunrise or sunset.

Big Bear Lodge is also conveniently located to fly fish Yellowstone's renown Slough Creek, Soda Butte Creek, Lamar River, or hike in to Cache Creek or Trout Lake to fish for the day. To fly fish the Yellowstone River at Tower, accessible from the Specimen Ridge hiking trail is also a great option made possible with an affordable stay at in one of our cabin rentals here at Big Bear Lodge.