Clyde Park, Montana - Discovering Montana

Clyde Park is located in Montana’s Shields Valley, just north of Livingston. The small community is nestled along Highway 83 between the Crazy Mountains and the Bridger Range with some breath-taking, authentic Montana scenery as a backdrop.

Clyde Park started out as Sunnyside, a name given to a stage stop and rest station where a post office was established in 1885.

The post office was relocated a couple of years later to one of the prominent ranches in the area where imported Clydesdale horses were being raised.

The name was changed to Clyde Park and it followed the post office as it moved to the town’s present location at a four-way crossroads.

There’s something of a horse and ranching theme at play in this community, as is often the case for small Montana towns where ranch life started it all off. The town is home to many cattle ranches and other agricultural operations like grain production.

Clyde Park today still offers a taste of the Old West, and programs are offered on working cattle ranches here for those who fancy a taste of real country life.