Berkeley Pit, Montana, United States
4.0 (348 reviews) Spent Ranking #5 in Butte Bodies of Water • Lookouts • Mines
Take the trolley tour
I highly recommend taking the two hour trolley tour offered by the Butte Chamber of Commerce. Going to the Berkeley Pit is one of the main attractions and is included with the tour. The tour guide gave quite a bit of history of the town and the mines. Doesn't sugarcoat it. Explains how the pit is a giant toxic lake that kills birds so they have noises and drones to keep the birds away when they're migrating. Also explained the the extensive cleanup that had to be done in the entire city to include the creek that polluted rivers miles away. Basically the entire city is a superfund cleanup site that has cost billions of dollars. They've made good progress though. Definitely interesting to see the pit from the viewing area. The only drawback of the tour was no one was wearing masks and one person on the tour was wearing a T-shirt that proudly stated she was vaccinated by the blood of Jesus. Oh boy.
Address
, Butte, Montana, United States.
Mobile
Website
http://www.pitwatch.org
Current local date and time now
Sunday, May 12, 2024, 12:25
User Ratings
4.0 based on (348 reviews)
Reviews
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4professorroyhinkley 5:00 PM Jul 29, 2022
It's a short walk to an overlook to a toxic lake
On one hand, it's $3 to walk to see a pit with a toxic lake. It is interesting and hard to believe that this is pretty recent history. Noise is played to keep birds away (the lake will kill them). A few good signs describing the pit.
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4Michael H 5:00 PM Sep 14, 2022
A Giant Hole in the Ground
While the $3 admission fee won't send me to the poorhouse, it still seemed a little steep simply for the privilege of looking at what is essentially a giant hole in the ground filled with water. Would have preferred a few more exhibits/displays to provide more context and information. Good photo op, however.
