>> Check out these sites! FLATHEAD LAKE CHERRY GROWERS This great site has local cherry events, recipes, nutritional information and a fun photo gallery. Glimpse the sweet lives of these cherry growers. > MORE + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + YELLOW BAY STATE PARK Enjoy trout fishing, water recreation, bird watching and camping at this Montana State Park, located right in the heart of sweet cherry country! > MORE       TOP   EATING HERE >  PICK YOUR OWN Oh the sweet taste of local berries and cherries! Summer in and around Glacier Park blossoms into a fruit filled odyssey where you can sample directly from the tree, bush, or buy already picked fruity gems from roadside stands. Life in the Flathead is a bowl of cherries! The Flathead area in Western Montana boasts one of the best growing regions in the country. Every year visitors are encouraged to visit the orchards along Flathead Lake to pick cherries or buy them from roadside stands. Cherries grown here in the Flathead are shipped all over the world, with several thousand tons harvested annually. The harvest's popularity attracts visitors, making the a major contributor to the local economy. The summer cherry season is celebrated in the area with such festivals as the Yellow Bay Cherry Fest in May, which includes the crowning of a Cherry Queen, cherry bake sale, raffles and live music. In July 2007 the town of Polson, located at the southern most tip of Flathead Lake, held its first annual Cherry Festival July 21st. Games, contests, good things to eat and buy highlighted this family fun event. The best news of all is your vacation doesn't have to coincide with cherry season, there are delicious Flathead Cherry products available all year long from local vendors. From Flathead Cherry wine to Flathead Cherry coffee there are all sorts of ways to try this local flavor. We recommend Flathead Cherry ice cream. Be sure to sample and enjoy! Rub elbows with the bears in search of purple gold. A local favorite, the elusive huckleberry is best sampled in area restaurants and locally crafted confections. Why? Because you'll never learn the secret picking spots of longtime locals, and who wants to worry about playing nice and sharing with the bears who find you in their huckleberry patch! We suggest places like The Wild Rose and The Apple Barrel, where huckleberries can be bought in quart ziploc bags and taken home to enjoy. Hillary loves making huckleberry pies with a handful of blackberries to mix it up. The town of Whitefish pays tribute to the huckleberry in August with its annual celebration, Huckleberry Days. Craftspeople from across the country show their wares in this popular, juried show, and huckleberry candies, muffins, cookies, pies, preserves and ice cream are in abundance.