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Granite Ghost Town State Park
Philipsburg, Montana
Silver-boom ruins above Philipsburg, reached by a steep high-clearance road.
- Price
- $8 per vehicle nonresident
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 75 min

Granite had 3,000 people and 18 saloons by the 1890s, then crashed in 1893. The state keeps the mine superintendent's house and the Union Hall ruins. High-clearance vehicle needed, not for RVs or buses, open Memorial Day to September 30.
Good to know
- Road is narrow and winding, 1,280 ft climb
- Nonresident day fee $8 per vehicle
- Snow can block it into late May
- Open
- Memorial Day to September 30
- Getting there
- Steep gravel from Philipsburg
- Vehicles
- 4WD only
- Dogs
- Dogs on a lead
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