I am often asked how to get from Belgrade to Bozeman without getting run over. This route gets you to the Bozeman Area's busiest places on light traffic roads-if you don't mind a few extra miles. The ride works best on a quiet weekend morning. It's a loop, so you can jump in anywhere. An early start out of Belgrade avoids traffic on the busy and narrow two mile stretch of Frontage Road between Belgrade and Airport Road. After following the slightly meandering Airport Road to Springhill Road you'll come into Bozeman via McIllhattan and Manley Roads. This route into Bozeman takes you past some old industrial neighborhoods near the railroad tracks that are being redeveloped into all kinds of office, retail, and residential spaces. The real fun begins once you get to Main Street in Bozeman. With any luck you can catch the draft of a Suburban or some other SUV and fly down Main Street with the cars. It's always great fun. If you don't like the traffic there are plenty of quieter streets to navigate through Bozeman-but I always like to establish a cycling presence on Main Street whenever I ride there. Going out of Bozeman, the route takes you along the newly paved Durston Road, which up until August of 2008 was a gravel road. The new smooth pavement is a cyclist's delight! Durston takes you to some new subdivisions that don't have any houses yet-but have lots of new, smooth asphalt-I love a freshly platted subdivision! After passing through the unincorporated, but rapidly developing area, we locals call Four Corners you'll cross the Gallatin River and turn onto the lightly traveled and tranquil River Road as you make your way back to Belgrade to complete the loop. This route is the hub from which nearly every great road ride in the Bozeman area takes off. There are all kinds of trips just off this route for those who like to climb, ride rollers, or get into straighter roads with higher traffic. There's also limitless possibilities for food and drink along the way as you are never out of civilization.
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Tracks
Distance: 34.61 mi
Points: 976
Calories: 2428
Total Time: 2:28:09
Speed: 14.0 mph
Pace: 4:16 / mi
Active Time: 2:20:26
Speed: 14.8 mph
Pace: 4:03 / mi
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Distance
Instruction
Distance to next
1
0.00 mi
Straight - Belgrade City Hall-Central Avenue
Then go 0.07 mi
2
0.07 mi
Turn Right - Davis Street
Then go 0.09 mi
3
0.16 mi
Turn Left - Main Street (becomes Frontage Road aka MT 205)
Then go 1.45 mi
4
1.61 mi
Turn Left - Airport Road
Then go 4.12 mi
5
5.72 mi
Turn Right - Springhill Road
Then go 2.71 mi
6
8.43 mi
Turn Left - Sypes Canyon Road
Then go 0.22 mi
7
8.66 mi
Bear Right - McIllhattan Road
Then go 1.51 mi
8
10.16 mi
Bear Right - Manley Road
Then go 1.78 mi
9
11.94 mi
Turn Left - Griffin Drive
Then go 0.29 mi
10
12.23 mi
Bear Right - North Rouse Avenue
Then go 0.80 mi
11
13.04 mi
Turn Left - East Tamarack Street
Then go 0.16 mi
12
13.19 mi
Turn Right - North Wallace Avenue
Then go 0.67 mi
13
13.87 mi
Turn Left - East Main Street-Bozeman Public Library
Then go 0.09 mi
14
13.96 mi
U-Turn - Bozeman Public Library
Then go 0.01 mi
15
13.98 mi
Straight - East Main Street-Downtown Bozeman
Then go 1.96 mi
16
15.93 mi
Bear Right - West Babcock Street
Then go 1.82 mi
17
17.75 mi
Turn Right - Cottonwood Road
Then go 0.48 mi
18
18.23 mi
Turn Left - Durston Road
Then go 2.04 mi
19
20.27 mi
Straight - Black Bull Subdivision
Then go 0.84 mi
20
21.11 mi
Straight - Middle Creek Parklands Subdivision
Then go 0.57 mi
21
21.68 mi
Turn Left - Monforton School Road
Then go 0.51 mi
22
22.19 mi
Turn Right - Huffine Lane (US 191)
Then go 0.78 mi
23
22.97 mi
Straight - Norris Road (MT 84)
Then go 1.26 mi
24
24.23 mi
Turn Right - River Road
Then go 5.25 mi
25
29.48 mi
Turn Right - West Cameron Bridge Road
Then go 1.46 mi
26
30.94 mi
Turn Left - Thorpe Road
Then go 1.00 mi
27
31.94 mi
Turn Right - Frank Road
Then go 1.01 mi
28
32.95 mi
Turn Left - Jackrabbit Lane (MT 85)
Then go 0.93 mi
29
33.88 mi
Turn Right - Jefferson Avenue
Then go 0.21 mi
30
34.10 mi
Turn Left - Colorado Street
Then go 0.05 mi
31
34.15 mi
Bear Right - Broadway
Then go 0.38 mi
32
34.53 mi
Turn Right - East Central Avenue
Then go 0.05 mi
33
34.57 mi
Straight - Belgrade City Hall
Points of Interest
Belgrade City Hall
Location: 45.776907, -111.175118
Belgrade City Hall-downtown Belgrade, MT
Airport Road
Location: 45.762449, -111.150527
If there's traffic, turn right on to the Knife River, Inc's driveway, wait for traffic to clear, then proceed across Frontage Road (MT 205) to Airport Road
Bridger Mountains-Ross Peak
Location: 45.772956, -111.118727
The view of Ross Peak in the Bridger Mountains from Airport Road
Old Train Depot
Location: 45.688629, -111.026588
Bozeman's passenger train depot hasn't been used since the 1970's. There's talk of bringing Amtrak back to the southern Montana route and thus resurrecting the old depot!
Bozeman Public Library
Location: 45.678886, -111.027274
Bozeman's beautiful new library, with a coffee shop built right in!
Downtown Bozeman
Location: 45.679380, -111.032789
Main Street-downtown Bozeman, MT. Heading west it is slightly downhill. I like to draft SUV's and keep up with the cars (I don't suggest everyone try this-make sure you know what you're doing).
Durston Road
Location: 45.685587, -111.121473
Durston Road was a gravel road up until August of 2008. Now it's smooth as a baby's bottom!
Grain Elevator-River Road
Location: 45.677041, -111.211982
An old grain elevator along what once was a spur of the Milwaukee Road (the train tracks are long gone).
Black Bull and Middle Creek Subdivisions
Location: 45.683608, -111.154647
Newly platted in 2008-these subdivisions won't show on the map. But they're there and they have nice new paved roads and no traffic for now (until the houses get built).
Four Corners
Location: 45.671194, -111.185632
The intersection of US 191, MT 84 and MT 85, has seen a large unicorporated community spring up with lots of commercial and residential growth. The interection is busy-but I've never had any trouble getting through it-there's wide shoulders.
Frontage Road (MT 205)
Location: 45.772575, -111.170064
Be cautious on the Frontage Road. For a short distance traffic will be busy and there is minimal shoulder. YOU MUST RIDE SINGLE FILE!
Rockford Coffee
Location: 45.679193, -111.046404
Rockford Coffee at 7th and Main is popular with cyclists. They show the Tour de France and the other grand tours on their TV's. Their logo can be spotted on local team jerseys, and they sponsor other cycling activities in and around Bozeman.
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