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Bannack is a ghost town in Beaverhead County, Montana, United States, located on Grasshopper Creek, approximately 11 miles (18 km) upstream from where Grasshopper Creek joins with the Beaverhead River south of Dillon. Founded in 1862, the town is a National Historic Landmark managed by the state of Montana as Bannack State Park. [3]
Dillon is a city in and the county seat of Beaverhead County, Montana, United States. [3] The population was 3,880 at the 2020 census . [ 4 ] The city was named for Sidney Dillon (1812–1892), president of Union Pacific Railroad .
Badger Pass (el. 6755 ft.) is a high mountain pass in Beaverhead County, Montana. [1] It is located between Bannack, Montana and Dillon, and traversed by Montana Secondary Highway 278. [2] [3] [4] The Badger Pass Mine is located at 45.21659 and W -112.95087. [5]
Beartooth Country: Montana's Absaroka-Beartooth Mountains-Montana Geographic Series #7. Helena, Montana: Montana Magazine. ISBN 0-938314-13-0. Melroy, Mark (1986). Islands on the Prairie-The Mountain Ranges of Eastern Montana-Montana Geographic Series #13. Helena, Montana: Montana Magazine. ISBN 0-938314-24-6.
I-15, 20 miles (32 km) south of Dillon, Montana I-15 (foreground left to right) goes through the city of Great Falls, MT. I-15 crosses into Montana from Idaho just south of Lima Reservoir over Monida Pass, at 6,870 feet (2,090 m), the highest elevation on the entire route of I-15. [2] The route continues northwest through farmland and desert.
The Ruby Range is a mountain range in Madison and Beaverhead counties Montana. The range lies east of Dillon and southwest of Sheridan . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The highest point, Ruby Peak with an elevation of 9,391 feet (2,862 m), [ 4 ] lies in the northeast portion of the range. [ 1 ]
Clark's Lookout State Park is a Montana state park located one mile north of the community of Dillon.The 8-acre (3.2 ha) park encompasses the hill overlooking the Beaverhead River that William Clark climbed on August 13, 1805, during the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
It is in the northern part of the county, along the Pioneer Mountains Scenic Byway, 4 miles (6 km) north of Polaris, the nearest post office, and 35 miles (56 km) northwest of Interstate 15 at Dillon, the Beaverhead county seat. Maverick Mountain, for which the CDP and the ski area are named, rises to a summit elevation of 8,722 feet (2,658 m ...