Everything for your stay, and the best of the country around it.
“Forget your worries in this spacious and island themed space. Located in a quiet area of town, you’ll enjoy relaxing after a day of travel to reach the Middle of Nowhere: Glasgow, Montana.”
This guide has what you need for the house and the area around it. Anything missing, message Joyce through your booking. She lives in Glasgow and usually answers within the hour.
Relax, put your feet up and enjoy the island vibe at the End of the Road.
Self check-in with a smart lock. Your own code, generated by Airbnb, comes before your stay, so you can arrive on your own schedule.
Plenty of seating, a granite island and a kitchen stocked for real meals, with the living room right alongside.
Two bedrooms with room-darkening shades and ceiling fans, plus a queen inflatable bed for the fifth and sixth guests.
Joyce and her family built this home handicap accessible, so there are no steps or narrow doorways to contend with. The large bathroom has a five-foot turning radius.
Bring the pontoon or the fishing boat. There is boat parking, and outside power to recharge your trolling motor. Out the back, the patio opens to fields with no city or structure in view.
Up to 6 overnight guests. No parties or events.
10:00 PM to 7:00 AM. This is a quiet corner of town, and your neighbors live next door.
No pets, please. Service animals are not pets and are welcome.
No smoking or vaping anywhere, including e-cigarettes. Odors are hard to clear and can mean extra cleaning.
Please do not leave parts of your animal behind. Clean up and remove all animal remains off the property.
Park an extra muddy vehicle on the gravel instead of the concrete driveway. It makes snow removal much easier.
The garage is not part of your stay. The other side of the building is home to full-time tenants.
There are exterior security cameras on the property. There are none inside.
“Please be respectful of the property and treat it as you would your own home.”
Fort Peck is about half an hour south of the house: a giant lake, a famous dam, a T. rex and summer theatre.
The reservoir behind Fort Peck Dam runs more than 130 miles up the Missouri, with 1,520 miles of shoreline. Montana FWP manages it for walleye, northern pike, smallmouth bass, sauger, lake trout and chinook salmon.
Good to know Bring the boat: the house has boat parking and outside power for your trolling motor. Everyone fishing needs a Montana fishing license.
Montana FWP fishing
Built from 1933 to 1940, it is the largest hydraulically filled dam in the United States, more than 250 feet high. A photo of its spillway under construction made the cover of the very first issue of Life magazine in 1936.
A life-size model of Peck’s Rex, a nearly complete T. rex found about 20 miles southeast of Fort Peck, greets you at the door. Inside: more fossils, two large aquariums of fish from the lake and the Missouri, and the story of building the dam. Run by the Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Good to know Hours change with the season, and the center closes some days. Check the hours on the refuge’s page before you go.
Hours and visiting
Five shows a summer in the historic theatre in Fort Peck, from the weekend after Memorial Day to Labor Day. The 2027 season runs May 28 to September 5: Daddy Long Legs, Curtains, Disney’s Frozen, Guys and Dolls and The Mousetrap.
Good to know Shows are Friday and Saturday evenings with Sunday matinees. Book tickets ahead on the theatre’s site.
Season and ticketsJoyce’s guests come for the birds, the big game and the fish. Here is what the country around Glasgow offers in each season.
Northeast Montana is bird country. Montana FWP’s Glasgow region lists pheasants in the farm country, native sharp-tailed and sage grouse on the prairie, and thousands of ducks and geese raised in the Prairie Pothole region.
Good to know Licenses, seasons and rules come from Montana FWP. Please clean birds and remove all remains off the property.
FWP licenses
Antelope and mule deer range across the open country, and FWP notes world-class elk and bighorn sheep herds in the Missouri River Breaks to the south.
Good to know Check FWP for licenses and drawings before you plan the trip. Joyce asks that no animal remains are left at the house.
FWP licenses
When the lake freezes, anglers head out on the ice. The Glasgow Area Chamber of Commerce runs an ice fishing derby each February at the Dredge Cuts Trout Pond by Fort Peck; 2026 was the 28th year.
Good to know Ice conditions change from week to week. Check them locally before you walk or drive out, and bring your Montana fishing license.
Montana FWP fishing
About 1.1 million acres of prairie and river breaks wrapped around Fort Peck Lake and the Missouri. Each fall, hundreds of elk gather at the Slippery Ann Wildlife Viewing Area at the refuge’s west end.
Good to know Many refuge roads are primitive and need high clearance or four-wheel drive, and most are impassable in wet weather. Cell service is sporadic and drinking water is scarce.
Visiting the refuge
A 15-mile auto tour route around lakes and marshes where the refuge has counted 263 bird species. Open sunrise to sunset.
Good to know The Display Pond Trail is a 0.4-mile paved, accessible trail with a viewing blind and accessible parking. Malta is about 1 hr 25 min west on US 2.
Visiting the refuge
Glasgow sits in the Milk River Valley, with the river running along the south side of town on its way to the Missouri.
For an easy day: a walk to the park, local history, downtown and nine holes.
The neighborhood park, about a five-minute walk. Since fall 2025 it has an outdoor Fitness Court, next to the skatepark and the swimming pool.
Good to know The house sits on a gravel walking path that loops around Glasgow.
The county’s history in one place since 1972: an Assiniboine collection, railroad and farm displays, military history, Lewis and Clark, and the building of Fort Peck Dam.
Good to know Hours change by season: May to September, Monday to Saturday 9 to 5; February to April and October to December, Wednesday to Saturday 10 to 4; closed in January.
Museum page
Glasgow began in 1887 as a railroad town on the line that became the Great Northern, and it is still the Valley County seat on US Highway 2. In 2018 The Washington Post named it the official “Middle of Nowhere” of the lower 48.
Good to know Joyce loves sharing recommendations for things to do and places to eat around town. Just ask her.
A nine-hole course, par 36, just outside Glasgow, known in the state golf association’s words for “fantastic greens and wonderful views.”
Good to know Check tee times and guest play with the club before you go.
Course detailsGlasgow is remote, which is half the charm. It is also easier to reach than it sounds.
Cape Air flies between Glasgow and Billings under the federal Essential Air Service program. The airport is about 20 min from the house.
Amtrak’s daily Empire Builder, between Chicago and the Pacific Northwest, stops at the Glasgow station, about 5 min from the house.
The nearest large Montana airport, about 6 hr 30 min by car.
Across the line in North Dakota, about 3 hr 5 min by car. Check current routes with the airlines.
Amtrak’s daily long-distance train across the Hi-Line, with a stop right in Glasgow. Book on Amtrak’s site or app.
Small-plane flights between Glasgow and Billings Logan International, where you connect to the major airlines.
Cape AirDrive times in this guide are estimates without traffic or winter weather.
Thank you so much for staying with Joyce.
Your checkout time is in your booking confirmation.
Lock the door on your way out.
Starting the dishwasher, tossing linens into the wash or dropping trash in the bins is entirely optional, and always deeply appreciated.
“Please don’t worry if you run out of time. We want you to enjoy every minute of your stay.”
Let Joyce know through your booking so it is fixed for the next guests.
Hunting season, a fishing week or a summer show: Joyce would love to see you again. You can book direct.