Arlee, Montana: Garden of One Thousand Buddhas
One thousand Buddhas fill a large, eight-spoked garden in rural Montana. Leave your dog in the car.
- Address:
- 34756 White Coyote Rd, Arlee, MT
- Directions:
- From downtown Arlee, drive north on US Hwy 93 for two miles. Turn right onto White Coyote Rd and drive a half-mile. The entrance to the Garden will be on the left. No dogs allowed on the grounds.
- Hours:
- Summer 8-8, off-season 9-dusk. Guided tours May-Oct. Sa at 1 pm. Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Admission:
- Donation
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
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Very cool place to visit. The lady at the gift shop taught us how to play the singing bowls.
[Joshua, 10/03/2023]
Buddhas fill a large, eight-spoked garden in rural Montana. Boring for most kids, but my spouse and I got more enjoyment than we expected. We walked for 90 minutes. Besides the thousand-ish concrete Buddhas, there are a variety of other Buddha images and statues. During our summer visit the grounds were well-manicured, with meditation areas and flowers. The only place where I've seen larger and more expensive displays of Buddhas was in Thailand.
[Jon Morgan, 06/29/2018]
A little hard to find, but worth looking for.
[S. Fox, 07/16/2014]Only through bewilderment can one grow.
A large garden, set in the mountains, contains a large number of Buddhist statues. There is also a gift shop.
[Noelle, 03/09/2013]The Garden is designed like an eight-spoked Dharma wheel. Tipster Noelle wrote on her blog that she had hoped to count all the Buddhas, but it was too cold.
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So far none of our tipsters has reported actually counting all of the figures, but there seem to be quite a lot of them. Don't even get us started on the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas.