Bannack Ghost Town and State Park

Bannack Ghost Town and State Park

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ParkOpen all year.Summer Hours:Memorial Day - August 10, 20228 am - 9 pmShoulder Season Hours:August 11, 2022 - September 30, 20228 a.m. - SunsetWinter Hours:Oct 1, 2022 - Memorial Day 20238 am - 5 pmClosed December 24 & 25CampgroundOpen all year.
(406)-834-3413
lat: 45.1610337 long: -112.9955907

Bannack is the site of the first discovery of gold in Montana, in 1862!  However, after the gold rush, it was abandoned. Bannack is now a ghost town. Fortunately, many of the original buildings have been preserved! If you visit this state park, you can explore 50 buildings from the gold rush period, and see how gold miners in Montana lived. For further immersion, there is a campground nearby. On the 3rd weekend of July, be sure to see the historical reenactment! 

Tours are conducted from the visitor center, which is open from Memorial Day through Labor Day.

The park is 5,837 feet in elevation and 1,529 acres. The campground has 28 sites and a group picnic site. A rental tipi is located in the campground situated along Grasshopper Creek.

In the winter months, dress warmly and skate on the frozen dredge pond from sometime in January to the first week in March (weather permitting). Warming house hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekends. Skates are available to use or you may bring your own.

 

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