Wisdom, MT

Set in southwest Montana’s Big Hole Valley, Wisdom is a tiny ranching community of about a hundred people surrounded by wide-open pastures and mountain ranges. Life here centers on working cattle ranches, blue-ribbon fly fishing along the Big Hole River, and a close-knit group of neighbors who look out for one another. The high-elevation winters are famously cold, so residents embrace a quiet, self-reliant pace of life with quick access to backcountry trails and the historic Big Hole National Battlefield just down Highway 43. For anyone looking for true solitude and classic rural Montana character, Wisdom offers plenty of space to breathe.