Ghost Towns in Montana

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77 ghost towns

13% sit on public land · 19 with a free-licensed photo

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  • BLM 2
  • National Forest 3
  • National Park Service 1
  • Other federal 2
  • State 1
  • City, county 1
  • Private or unlisted 67
Illustration of a desert landscape
Illustration of the most common landscape type among Montana's ghost towns.

The largest share, 67 of 77, sits on land missing from the public lands database, which usually means private property: look from the road unless the owner says otherwise. Each town page has the land manager, monthly weather and the nearest open town.

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  • BLM 2
  • National Forest 3
  • National Park Service 1
  • Other federal 2
  • State 1
  • City, county 1
  • Private or unlisted 67

Each dot is a ghost town, colored by who manages the land at its location. Labels mark the most searched. Live map: © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.

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All 77 by county

Beaverhead County 4

Big Horn County 1

Broadwater County 1

Carbon County 5

Carter County 1

Chouteau County 3

Deer Lodge County 1

Fergus County 2

Flathead County 1

Gallatin County 1

Granite County 5

Jefferson County 4

Judith Basin County 1

Lewis and Clark County 2

Madison County 6

Meagher County 5

Mineral County 1

Missoula County 2

Park County 3

Phillips County 2

Powell County 1

Richland County 1

Roosevelt County 1

Rosebud County 4

Sheridan County 2

Silver Bow County 3

Stillwater County 4

Valley County 2

Wibaux County 1

Yellowstone County 7

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