Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument MT

Lat, Long: 45.55633048, -107.4183614

Designation: National Monument

This area memorializes the US Army's 7th Cavalry, Crow, and Arikara scouts and the Lakotas, Cheyennes, and Arapaho in one of the American Indian's last armed efforts to preserve their way of life. Here on June 25 and 26 of 1876, 263 soldiers, including Lt. Col. George A. Custer and attached personnel of the US Army, died fighting several thousand Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho warriors.

Weather:

Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument average weather: Spring: 50-60 (F) degree days/ 30+/- (F) degree nights Summer: 70-100 (F) degree days/ 45-60+ (F) degree nights Fall: 40-50 (F) degree days/ 25+/- (F) degree nights Winter: 20-30 (F) degree days/ 0+/- (F) degree nights

Directions:

Take Interstate I-90 and exit at the Crow Agency Exit 510 at Jct. 212. To reach Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, turn right at the park entrance onto Battlefield Tour Road 756.

Address/Contact:

756 Battlefield Tour Road

Crow Agency, US, 59022

Phone: (406) 638-3236

Email: marvin_dawes@nps.gov

Entrance Fees:

• Entrance - Private Vehicle

  $25.00

  Private non-commercial vehicle.

• Entrance - Motorcycle

  $20.00

  one motorcycle and passenger

• Entrance - Per Person

  $15.00

  Per person fee

• Commercial Entrance - Sedan

  $25.00

  Commercial Rate for a vehicle holds up to 6 people, $25 plus per person.

• Commercial Entrance - Van

  $40.00

  Van holds up to 15 people

• Commercial Entrance - Mini-bus

  $40.00

  Commercial vehicle that holds up to 25 passengers

• Commercial Entrance - Motor Coach

  $100.00

  Commercial Bus $100.00 (26 or more seats, regardless of occupancy)