Garnet Ghost Town

Boom and bust mining operations and their aftermath go hand-in-hand with Montana’s relatively short settlement history, as is the case with Garnet Ghost Town, a once thriving gold mining settlement of 1,000 inhabitants at the close of the 19th century.

The Bureau of Land Management operates a visitor center and self-guided interpretive trails during the summer months at Garnet, Montana’s best preserved and least commercialized ghost town, and adventurous folks can cross country ski or snowmobile here in winter.