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The Lewis and Clark National Forest is comprised of two divisions: the Rocky Mountain Division that includes almost 700,000 acres (380,000 acres is the Bob Marshall-Great Bear-Scapegoat Wilderness Complex) and another 300,000 acres are managed primarily for recreation, wildlife and scenic values and the the Jefferson Division that includes over 1 million acres.

The Forest spans from the Continental Divide to the plains offering wide open meadows and agricultural lands.  The Highwoods, Crazies, Little Belts, Castles, and Big and Little Snowies mountain ranges seem to spring up from flatland.  The elevation ranges from 4,500 to 9,362 feet at the top of Rocky Mountain Peak in the Rocky Mountains. The Bob Marshall Wilderness is the largest wilderness area in the lower 48 states.  

Wildlife in the Forest includes elk, mountain goat, bighorn sheep, grizzly and black bear, mountain lion, bald eagle and gray wolf.

The Forest includes The Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Interpretive Center  that gives a sense of the challenges the explorers faced and President Thomas Jefferson's drive to expand America westward.

The National Landscape Conservation System