10 minutes into this run and buildings and road noise are distant. Not that Kalispell is a metropolis; a western outfitters store is browseable and the antique shop too. A grain elevator raises tall just past that. Locate the Great Northern Railway of NW Montana – Rails to Trails Historical Route which cruises open pasture land views. Montana is fine summer country. [ g-map pedometer ] A separate run through Lawrence Park briefly stays with and then crosses the inviting Stillwater River as it parallels Kalispell’s Whitefish Stage Rd. suburbia on paved greenway. Local knowledge informs that Californians have discovered its reasonable value. [ g-map pedometer ]