The Popular series, Hike Through History, is set to resume July 14, 2022.
2022 Hike Through History Schedule
*All hikes begin at 9:00 AM.*
July 14th: Greenway Trail: Silver Bow to Ramsay – Dori Skukrud
Discover the Greenway Trail and the restoration along this portion of the trail from Silver Bow to Ramsay.
Silver Bow Station
(Beginner – Mostly flat terrain, paved)
July 21st: Commercial District – with Mary McCormick
Learn about the architecture and history of buildings in Uptown Butte’s commercial district.
Parking lot at Park and Dakota Streets
(Moderate – Incline on paved streets)
July 28th: Stope Books – Tony Roth
What is a stope book? Come find out and learn about the underground mine tunnels that exist below Butte’s surface.
Foreman’s Park parking lot
(Moderate – Incline on paved streets)
August 4th: Cabbage Patch/1895 Butte Explosion – with Jim McCarthy
Visit the surviving remnants of Butte’s forgotten ghetto before continuing down to the warehouse district to learn of the 1895 Kenyon-Connell Explosion.
Corner of Arizona and Mercury Streets
(Moderate – Incline on paved streets)
August 11th: Centerville – with John Coles
Take a walk through one of Butte’s neighborhoods with stories shared by a local.
Parking lot at Mountain Con Hoist House on East Center Street.
(Moderate – Incline on paved streets)
August 18th: Copper Mountain Sports Complex – with Jon Sesso
Come explore the reclamation work behind one of Butte’s best parks and all that it has to offer!
Copper Mountain parking lot
(Beginner – Mostly flat terrain, paved)
August 25th: Thompson Park – with Jocelyn Dodge
Get away from it all without getting too far away! Explore the Milwaukee Road and it’s fun and adventurous route through Thompson Park.
Eagle’s Nest
(Moderate – Incline on dirt)
September 1st: Top of the World to the Lexington – with Pat Cunneen & Mary McCormick
View Butte from this high point of the Summit Valley. Then continue through the landscape to the Lexington Mine.
Top of the World parking lot
(Moderate – Incline on dirt and paved streets)
September 8th: Cemetery Tour – with Aubrey Jaap & Lindsay Mulcahy
Come for a haunting walk-through Mount Moriah Cemetery and learn about some of those interned there as well as the symbolism behind their intricate headstones.
Mount Moriah Cemetery
(Beginner – Mostly flat terrain, paved)