Car Hire Billings - Mini guide to Billings
Billings: The Largest City Of Montana
Billings, US is the largest city in Montana, with 800 km of radius, located in central-southern region of the state. Due to its vast space, it serves as one of the most attractive accommodation and shopping centers for the highway travelers and the area residents. The city is named after Frederick H. Billings, the president of Northern Pacific Rail-Road.
More than 10 millions years back, the valley was situated under-water and the sandstone cliffs bordered the city. One can still usually find fossilized fishes in the area.
Two third of the city is in the Yellowstone Valley, it is divided into the heights and the valley by the rims, a cliff, also known as the Rimrocks. Running through the city is the Yellowstone River. The climate here is quite diversified. In summers, the temperature can go over 38°C while in winters, it can go below 0°C.
The average snow fall is about 57 inches per year, but due to the warm Chinook winds passing through the area between the months of December and March, snow does not accumulate usually.
The major attractions worth-seeing within Billings include Moss Mansion Historic House Museum, Yellowstone Art Museum, the Billings Depot, the Skypoint, the ZooMontana and the Western Heritage Centre. Around Billings, the must-see attractions are the Western Romance Company, Pompey's Pillar National Monument, Yellowstone National Park, The Pictograph Cave National Historic Landmark, Chief Plenty Coups State Park and the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument.
There are many car hire companies from where travellers can hire a car of their choice and travel by road. Major roads going west and east in Billings include the Central Avenue, the Broad-water Avenue, the Grand Avenue, the King Avenue West and the Poly Drive.
Roads going south and north include the 24th Street West, the Shiloh Road, the Division Road, the Zimmerman Trail, the Main Street and the North 27th Street. The Billings Logan International Air port, located north-west of the downtown Billings, offers a non-stop service to various cities of western US and with Montana, including charter jets, planes or helicopters.
Car hire deals in: United States
We rent the following types of cars: Economy (Vauxhall Corsa or equiv.), Mini, Small family (Ford Focus or equiv.), Medium family (Toyota Avensis or equiv.), large family (BMW 5 series), 4x4, SUV, Convertible, Van, Sports car, Luxury cars.
Hire cheap cars from the following suppliers, Ebookers, Opodo, Avis, Expedia, Sixt, Thrifty and budget rental prices from EasyCar, Budget, Holiday Autos, Economy, 121carhire.
The major suburbs in Billings are: Billings Heights, Cammeron Park, Hesper, Lockwood, Hesper, Hirsch, Rimrcock and Yegen.
