---
id: "68956"
name: Big Sky Back Country Byway
distance: "105"
duration: 2-3 hours to drive, more if you make stops along the way.
description: Crossing a variety of different landscapes across vast Montana wilderness, Big Sky Back Country Byway follows much of the Regina-Yellowstone Trail, once used as the principal route from Canada to the famed National Park.
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organization:
  - url: https://www.blm.gov/visit/big-sky-byway
    name: Big Sky Back Country Byway
websites:
  - url: https://www.visitmt.com/listings/general/scenic-highway/big-sky-back-country-byway
    name: Montana Travel Guide
designations:
  - BLM Back Country Byway
states:
  - MT
ll:
  - -105.50704199999996
  - 48.121010000000126
bounds:
  - - -105.78845999999993
    - 46.79296099999999
  - - -105.29538699999995
    - 48.121010000000126

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Traveling through the Great Plains section of Montana, Big Sky Back Country Byway traverses the vast expanses of land and sky that has earned Montana its nickname. The byway covers varying landscapes from badlands and buttes to rolling prairie.