Montana might be a big state, but it’s got a lot of small towns. The locals like it that way, and it’s easy to see why. These photographs of rural Montana show the beauty of its quiet corners and sparsely populated areas.

1. A view of Baker from across Baker Lake.
Don Barrett/Flickr
2. October grass in rural Montana near Butte.
Lindley Ashline/Flickr
3. The old Angela Schoolhouse.
Jimmy Emerson, DVM/Flickr
4. A Beaver pond in Martin City.
Kent Kanouse/Flickr
5. A storm brewing over Flynn Ranch, south of Townsend.
Tom Kelly/Flickr
6. A horse enjoying a nice, soft breeze by a barn.
Jeremy Wheaton/Flickr
7. There's no better place to watch a storm pass by than rural Montana.
Jeremy Wheaton/Flickr
8. A combine harvester on the Eastern plains.
Roy Luck/Flickr
9. Beautiful Gardiner.
TMView/Flickr
10. The sun sets over a Ravalli farm with the beautiful Bitterroot Mountains in the background.
PJ Johnson/Flickr
11. The Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument in Central Montana.
Bureau of Land Management/Flickr
12. Ranch life.
justinknabb/Flickr
13. There's nothing like a farm sunset like this one in Happy Valley.
Ron Kroetz/Flickr

What do you like most about living in a rural area?

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