Ringed by mountains, the Big Hole is one of the larger open valleys in Montana. The sky seems to go on forever. Situated at 6,000 feet above sea level, it gets brutally cold in winter, but in ...

The Big Hole National Battlefield is open sunrise to sunset daily. The visitor center is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the summer and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the winter, except on federal holidays during ...

The Big Hole played a pivotal part in the 1877 Nez Perce War. That spring, the Oregon Nez Perce band was ordered to leave Wallowa County and settle on the reservation in Idaho, even though they ...

They call the Big Hole Valley 'The Land of 10,000 Haystacks. ' The Big Hole Historical Society has written a book called History of the Big Hole Valley-Montana Pioneers of the Old West-1806-1930.