Bannack State Park Campground

AWESOME!!! MUST GO HERE!!! Campground is SUPER but NO electricity or water hookups and only a pit toilet. Expect to spend at least 3 hours looking at the town - bring water to drink as only one water fountain and restroom at the front gate - views of the surrounding terrain are extremely beautiful.

Montana is filled with ghost towns and Bannack State Park is definitely the best preserved. Although it's off-the-beaten-path, Bannack is not that far from Interstate 15. I visited on a fall day when there was a touch of color left on the trees. Less crowds, too. The interpretive staff brings Montana gold mining history to life.

This little gem is off the beaten path but well worth the diversion. We spent a couple of hours her walking through many of the buildings and exploring the history. Our kids enjoyed the adventure. This is a very clean and well preserved place.

Back from my second visit to Bannack. I love this place and my two year does too.

This place was featured on Haunted Highway if anyone wants to learn more about it. Really creepy episode. I would love to go just to see the old buildings.

Bannock just had a huge mud slide go through the town. It'll take them about a year to get everything cleaned up.

This place is incredible. I've been to a few ghost towns but this was the best by far. The amount of buildings and to be able to go in and explore them made the town come alive in a unique way.
It took a couple hours to get through and even though I saw most all of it, I didn't stop and look at everything. It was a bit of a hike up the hill to the cemetery, but well worth it as it gave a beautiful view of the town, the paths coming into town and the mining building on the far mountainside.

The building pictured has a free masons symbol on it if you look real close

This looks so cool.

Even though they did suffer a devastating flash flood, Bannack is up and running and in beautiful repair. A magical place, you can feel the history.