Map Of Montana Ghost Towns 3 Granite Ghost Town State Park While exploring the ghost towns in Montana be sure to add the Granite Ghost Town State Park to your itinerary It s the site of the world s richest silver mine which employed approximately 3 000 miners and yielded over 40 million in silver Granite Ghost Town was a vast success during its heyday during
The original company hospital still stands as do a few other structures and this place is well worth a visit by anyone interested in ghost towns in Montana 5 Elkhorn State Park The mining town of Elkhorn is 18 miles from Montana s Boulder Like many of the other ghost towns it hit its peak in the late 1800s Map View Showing 13 results Granite Ghost Town State Park Ghost Town Philipsburg MT Hector Horton first discovered silver in the general area in 1865 In the autumn of 1872 the Granite mine was discovered by a prospector named Holland Montana s ghost towns are the perfect Halloween season destination Filled with history and mystery
Map Of Montana Ghost Towns
Map Of Montana Ghost Towns
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Guidebooks Montana Map search Ghost Town Route Between the Parks Bannack State Park 45 1613265 112 9987779 Total Distance 460 Miles Recommended Length 5 Days Download the Guide Experiences Step back in time to the frontier days by exploring Montana s many ghost towns Montana s 7 Best Ghost Towns Enjoy a beautiful drive through mountain scenery visiting ghost towns that played central roles in Montana s late 19 th and early 20 th century mining history Learn about the first gold rush in 1862 and the town of Bannack More boom towns followed including Coolidge settled in 1913
1 Bannack Best ghost towns in Montana Bannack located in Beaverhead county is the first on our list of Montana ghost towns for a reason Founded in 1862 after the discovery of a gold mine here it was finally abandoned in the 1970s In 1863 something horrible started to happen something that would soon ignite a cascade of stories for 1 Bannack Ghost Town Main Road Bannack Photo Credit MrHicks46 Location Bannack State Park Beaverhead County Montana 59725 How to get here To get here you ll need to take I 15 south of Dillon to exit 59 Highway 278 exit then drive west on Highway 278 for 18 miles Turn south onto the Bannack Bench Road
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8 Elkhorn The story The town peaked in the late 1800s as a bustling mining town with hotels bowling lanes a post office hundreds of homes a school a church a blacksmith and shops Some Ghost Towns in Montana have been painstakingly restored such as Virginia City and Nevada City and offer hotels dining stagecoach rides candy stores and a train ride between the two Philipsburg Montana Granite Ghost Town 347 Granite Road Philipsburg MT 59858 406 287 3541 Heritage History
Bannack may be the best preserved ghost town in the west Every year thousands of visitors explore Bannack State Park In 1863 more gold was discovered along Alder Gulch near present day Virginia City Today Virginia City is a living ghost town Virginia City retains its historic roots even while small businesses seek new found riches 10 Rimini In the rugged mountains 12 miles southeast of Helena sits the little ghost town of Rimini thought to be named after the Italian city of the same name Rimini is the site of one of the oldest mining districts in all of Montana where silver was first discovered here in 1864
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Map Of Montana Ghost Towns - The Ghost Town Byway is a 26 mile scenic drive across Montana s Garnet Range about 35 miles east of Missoula and makes for a great one day outing It travels through an area once bustling with mining activity from the last quarter of the 19th century Towns like Coloma Reynolds City Top O Deep Garnet Yreka and Beartown roared with