A ten-minute drive from Kootenai, Bigfork is a quaint and picturesque town with world-class art galleries, gourmet restaurants, Eagle Bend Golf Course, Bigfork Summer Playhouse, a Cigar Store Indian and a host of charming shops. Bigfork has been chosen as "One of the 50 Great Towns of the West", "One of the 100 Best Small Art Towns of the Nation" and the Electric Avenue restaurant "Showthyme" has been honored by Robb Report with one of the magazine's coveted "best of" awards.

The Kootenai is just 40 minutes by car from Kalispell's Glacier Park International Airport. There are direct flights into Kalispell from Denver, Atlanta (seasonal), Seattle, Chicago (seasonal), Salt Lake City, Minneapolis and San Francisco (seasonal). For private aircraft, Glacier Jet Center at Glacier Park International Airport provides hangars, fuel, maintenance and a long menu of other service amenities.