Visit Anaconda . . .

The Anaconda Chamber of Commerce is the one-stop source for information about all of the things to do and see during a visit to Anaconda and to the surrounding area.

Call us at (406) 563-2400, send e-mail to the Anaconda Chamber or, if you are in town, stop by our visitor center at 306 East Park Avenue.

Chamber Tourism Services

Information on Anaconda's Historical Downtown, local attractions, and recreational opportunities, is available at the Anaconda Visitor Center. The Visitor Center has travel advisors available to answer questions, give directions and disseminate travel publications throughout the week. (In summer we are open Monday through Saturday, 9 am to 5 pm, and in winter we are open to the public 9 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday).

During the summer, the Visitor Center operates a 90-minute antique bus tour of the city with two tours a day that leave the Visitor Center at 10 am and 2 pm. For travelers not interested in the 90-minute tour, a 16-minute video of local attractions is also available to view at the center. The Visitor Center is a good stop to pick up local memorabilia and specialty items unique to Anaconda.

Local Tours of Historical Downtown Anaconda

Local efforts have saved historic structures within the downtown that were destined for demolition. The old City Hall building was restored and is now the community's art center, cultural center and Historical Society's museum.

The Chamber office sits across the street from the recently restored Davidson Building, now a tea room, gift shop and beauty salon. Currently a local task force is working to save Anaconda's historic street light system. The history and historical architecture of Anaconda are enjoyed by many visitors and the local preservation and development efforts of these sites cater to the growing number of cultural heritage tourists.

Historic Washoe Theatre

One of the most popular historic sites in Anaconda is The Washoe Theater. The theatre is one of the most magnificent and well preserved public threatres in the country.

Built in 1931 in a grand way in the Art Deco style, it has been ranked by the Smithsonian Institute as the fifth most beautiful theater in the nation. The theatre is on the National Register of historic places.


Kennedy Commons

The Kennedy Commons is a city park in the center of downtown that includes a summer band stand and a winter skating rink. A community Christmas tree is decorated there each year during the annual Christmas Stroll Celebration and it is a popular location for ice skating during the winter.

Other Local Attractions

Other sites of interest around Anaconda include Lost Creek Raceway and Fairmont Hot Springs Resort. Many visitors travel to Anaconda to participate in the drag, street car, and motor cross races held at Lost Creek Raceway.

Fairmont Hot Springs Resort features four naturally heated swimming pools (two Olympic sized pools, one indoors and one outdoors plus two hot soaking pools, one indoors and one outdoors), a 350-foot water slide, Wildlife Zoo, and an 18-hole golf course, 153 rooms/suites, two restaurants, and spa services. The Hot Springs is 12 miles east of Anaconda.

Anaconda also has excellent antique shops and speciality stores that make us a must stop for bargain shoppers.

Other local attractions not to be missed include the Anaconda Smelter Stack State Park, taking a walking tour of Historic Anaconda buildings and a visit to Washoe Park, home of the oldest fish hatchery in Montana. This hatchery for several species of trout, including the rare native westslope cutthroat, was built in 1908 and still offers visitors excellent viewing areas with fish food dispensers for kids of all ages who like the thrill of watching huge trout in a feeding frenzy near their fingertips. A visit for

Anaconda's newest attraction, the Copper Chute, is a super slide at the Charlotte Yeoman Martin Complex on the northeast edge of Anaconda.

For directions, call the Anaconda Chamber at 563-2400 or send us an e-mail at anacondachamber@rfwave.net.

The slide starts atop a 40-foot mound of earth and undulates to the bottom in sections with varying slopes, none steeper than 45 degrees. A sand pit at the bottom of the 140-foot slide breaks the ride, but riders can bail out safely before reaching the bottom.

The surface of the slide is made out of puckboard -- the same material used around the sides of hockey rinks. It is high density plastic that is extremely durable and requires little maintenance. The slide is open to kids of all ages and best of all -- it's free.

Scenic Day Drives

With Anaconda as a travel hub, the visitor can take a variety of scenic day trips in all directions. Explore some of the most spectacular mountains of Southwest Montana. Summer visitors enjoy drives along the Pintler Scenic Loop and the National Forest Service Scenic Bi-Way. Both drives have great fishing, wildlife viewing, ghost town exploration, and rockhounding opportunities.

The Pintler Scenic Loop is a 55-mile drive along Highway 1, that takes visitors from Anaconda past lakes, ghost towns, a waterfall, rockhounding areas, a sapphire mine, and two state parks to the small town of Drummond where travelers can connect with Interstate 90 or return to Anaconda.

National Forest Service Scenic By-Way is an 82-mile drive that guides visitors over the Continental Divide, through Mount Haggin Wildlife Management Area, along the Big Hole River, to Coolidge Ghost Town and Crystal Park.

With a rich heritage of mining in the region, ghost towns abound in all directions from Anaconda. Within a 40-mile radius, visitors can see the Gold Coin Mine, Southern Cross, Old Georgetown, Garnet, Coolidge, and Racetrack. Anaconda serves as a convenient base for explorations of these ghost towns, offering hotels, restaurants, convenience stores and other amenities.

Relocation Information

Visitors who experience Anaconda often inquire about information to help them decide about relocating to the community.

The Chamber of Commerce looks forward to answering any and all questions about Anaconda and we look forward to helping with the information you need to make such an important decision. We invite you to learn more about the historical riches, the quality of life and friendly hospitality of the Anaconda community.

The Chamber of Commerce can mail you a Relocation Information Packet, a local phone directory, or a current copy of the Anaconda Leader, our local newspaper.

Other information that we have readily available includes lists of local realtors, schools, day care providers, churches, civic and community organizations/clubs, and rental properties. Detailed information regarding our city's cost of living, health care system, governmental services, tax structure, climate, population, or geography is available by reviewing the community profile on this web site.

Chamber staff is available to answer questions, whether you are planning a brief visit, or you are thinking of relocating to the Anaconda area, so please call (406) 563-2400, stop by, or write to us at 306 East Park Anaconda, MT 59711 or send an e-mail to anacondachamber@rfwave.net.

Thanks again for your visit to Anaconda on this web site and, we hope, in person in the near future.