Here is the planned lineup for Summer 2027, who reads it, and where your business fits, from the stories to Road Trips.
A circuit rider who beat the towns there. A ghost town high in the Garnet Range. Peckinpah, Harrison, McGuane and Brautigan in Livingston. Here is what Montana will be reading this summer, and where your business fits.
This is Joe's planned lineup. Titles, stories and bylines can change before the issue closes, and the cover shown is a mockup, not the final cover.
The Methodist circuit rider who rode into every Montana town before there was a town.
A ghost town high in the Garnet Range and the man whose story is folded into it.
Montana's most improbable geological playground.
How a secret war in Laos brought a community to Missoula.
Peckinpah, Harrison, McGuane, Brautigan, and what's left of the scene now.
Distinctly Montana Road Trips · Summer 2027
Every issue, Road Trips takes readers to a different part of Montana. The story gives people a reason to make the drive. The listing tells them where to stop. The Summer 2027 destination is announced soon.
Destination announced soon Road Trips goes to a different part of Montana every issue, bound into the magazine and carried to readers in every corner of the state.
Every placement comes with free enhanced digital content on Digital Road Trips, the interactive edition built for the phone in the passenger seat. A $150 to $2,495 value, included.
Each trip stays the active Road Trip for its region for at least 12 months, and we promote it to our audience for at least 12 months.
The section has a fixed number of pages, so it has a fixed number of places. Ad artwork for this issue is due May 20.
See how Road Trips worksFirst, the fit that holds for every issue. Then a few natural fits drawn from the places and subjects in this issue's stories. They are ideas to start a conversation, not placements. Where an ad runs is something our sales team works out with you.
Distinctly Montana readers actually read the magazine, and they appreciate the ads in it. Readers tell us they go looking for the businesses they find in these pages. Whatever you do and wherever you are in Montana, if you want an engaged, responsive audience, the Summer 2027 issue is good for you.
Livingston galleries, bookstores, bars, restaurants and lodging.
Reads with Bohemian LivingstonMissoula businesses and community organizations.
Reads with Hmong / CIA / VietnamLodging, fuel, supplies and outfitters for travelers heading off the pavement.
Reads with Coloma / Frank Hamilton and Rock CitySmall-town businesses in every corner of the state.
Reads with Brother VanAd artwork for the Summer 2027 issue is due May 20. Print ads start at $645 an issue on the 2026 rate card. Veteran-owned businesses take 17.76% off every rate; non-profits take 15% off.
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Print copies and digital subscribers: Distinctly Montana Media Kit 2026, page 1. Followers: Facebook and Instagram combined, September 2026. Website visits: Google Analytics, distinctlymontana.com, September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2026.
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