Visiting Garnet Ghost Town

Visiting Garnet Ghost Town

Visiting Garnet Ghost Town

Visit Garnet Ghost Town

Garnet, Montana is a great day trip from Missoula.  Garnet Ghost Town is Montana's most intact ghost town.

Take a stroll down to Garnet Ghost Town

Visiting Garnet Ghost Town

The "Main Street" in Garnet Ghost Town is where you will find the current Visitor Center, as well as the remains of the hotel, general store, saloon, and post office.

Visitor's Center

Garnet Visitor Center

There was a time that Garnet was a thriving town.  It was filled with miners and their families. Working hard to carve out a community in the heart of the Garnet Mountains. In 1898 about 1,000 people called Garnet, Montana home.

Visitor's Center

Visitor Center Garnet, Montana

Inside the Visitor's Center there are pieces of the past waiting to be explored. Match the bottles to their original use.

Wells Hotel

Garnet, Montana

The Wells Hotel is a 3-story building that housed a large dining room, private bedrooms, and even a 3rd floor sleeping area also.

Rooms at the Wells Hotel

Hotel room at Garnet Ghost Town

The Wells Hotel is a 3-story building that housed a large dining room, private bedrooms, and even a 3rd floor sleeping area also.

General Store

Garnet General Store

 

From coffee and shoes to saws and washing machines, the General Store in Garnet was the play to find them all.

Homes in Garnet

Garnet Ghost Town

Just beyond Main Street and up a small hill is where visitors to Garnet Ghost Town will find the majority of the remaining homes.

Homes in Garnet

Homes in Garnet Ghost Town

 

Just beyond Main Street and up a small hill is where visitors to Garnet Ghost Town will find the majority of the remaining homes.

Winter in Garnet Ghost Town

Garnet Ghost Town

 

Winter in Garnet Ghost Town

Garnet Ghost Town Winter

 

For more information about other great day trips around Missoula, visit our Day Trip page.

If you're giving dry a try this month, Missoula has plenty of spots for mocktails. Check out some of our favorites

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