Miles City, Montana at Night

Miles City, Montana has a lot of night life to offer for a town of approximately 8000 or so. You can get a bite to eat at some nice restaurants or grab some fast food. There are numerous places to gamble the night away and some quiet dark places you can relax to toss back a couple of cool ones. There is a book store that stays open at night for coffee, music and readings. Baseball games, hockey, college basketball, and high school football are as entertaining here as they are anywhere.

Each year in the month of May Miles City puts on the world famous Bucking Horse Sale. There are parades and pie eating contests. Real cowboys buck broncos and Bulls for rodeo officials who come here to buy good rodeo stock. Horse racing and night dances with live bands also liven up the city during this sale. Meanwhile, there are also those who prefer to play poker online on their phones. Well, those are the introverts who want to keep their fun to themselves. Many people from all over the country come here for this fun filled weekend that has become a tradition in a town that has plenty of tradition.

Miles City Books and News is a book store that has plenty of character. It is owned and operated by the mayor. It is a nice place to browse through the latest tomes, meet people, and at night have some coffee and listen to live local musicians and writers. At this book store you can order magazines, newspapers or books they don’t have on hand. It is truly a unique place.

Some casinos offer fine eating alongside their gaming machines. The Stagecoach Station is one such place. Family dining is offered on one side of the restaurant while on the other a classy casino holds some fun gaming machines and a fine bar. Others casinos include Lucky Lil’s, Golden Spur Sports Bar  amp; Casino and at least four others that are just as fun and friendly.

The Montana Bar is a beautiful and historic place with a relaxed comfortable atmosphere. It is the perfect place to meet a friend for a drink and a popular place for visitors to congregate. There’s also the Rangeriders Casino Bar on Main street. There are several more watering holes that are also fine establishments. It is said that in small towns the number of bars is equal to the number of churches. This is somewhat close to the truth in Miles City, which keeps things pretty well balanced.

For those of you who enjoy a good movie there is The Montana Theater also located on Main street. This place has an aura of good times past yet also has all the modern comfort of brand new theaters. The Montana theater always has a varied list of movies available to offer the old and young, families and singles.

Some small towns are accused of rolling up the sidewalks at sundown. Not so with Miles City. There is always something entertaining to do there at night.