Recreation

  Liberty County has a wide variety of recreational opportunities ranging from hunting, fishing, camping, and hiking to playing or watching sports. Lake Elwell/Tiber Dam-Located South of Chester on the Marias River, one of the largest lakes in Montana, attracts fishermen and boaters from all over. Walleye, pike, and perch are plentiful. Two boat ramps and docks make waterplay easy. Tiber Marina-Located on the North shore of Lake Elwell, offers a convenience store, restaurant, and bait shop. Restrooms and showers are also available. 

  Sandford Park - Located on the Marias River below Tiber Dam, offers a  campground with shelters and well equipped restrooms and an RV waste station. A small launch ramp is located on the river for rafting and canoeing. VFW Park - Located next to Lake Elwell, has close, easy access to the newly-repaved boat ramp making it a water player's favorite. Its facilities include toilets, fire rings, and picnic tables. Marias River - runs through Northern Montana and Liberty County. It holds vast fishing, rafting, and canoeing opportunities. Trout fishing in the Marias is the best of any place in the state.

  Chester Sports Complex - Located in Chester, is the site for many sporting activities. The lighted field is the home of high school football games in the fall and baseball games for all ages and skill levels in the summer. The local horseshoe club maintains a horseshoe pitching court within the complex. 

  Community Swimming Pool - Located in Chester, is open from late May through August of each year.  The Chester Lion's sponsors a Chester Swim Team that include many talented young swimmers.  Currently the community is aggressively pursuing funding to built a new larger facility that will met the specifications to allow summer swim mets here in our community.  The new facility will be located at the Chester Sports Complex.

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