Entry No. 58 — the Bozeman file — filed under: roadside-oddity

Elkhorn State Park (ghost town)

Montana's smallest state park is just two preserved buildings, Fraternity Hall and Gilliam Hall, standing among the remnants of a silver-boom town that peaked around 2,500 people in the 1880s and 90s. About ten people still live in the surrounding cluster of private cabins, so the ghost town is genuinely half-alive. You can walk into both halls (just close the doors behind you) where dances, saloon nights, and meetings once happened. The drive up winds through ranchland and state forest.

The move: Drive the back road up, step inside Fraternity Hall's empty dance floor, and imagine the band that once played there.

📍 Before you go Roughly 2 hours from Bozeman; most buildings are private homes, so respect property and only enter the two state-park halls.

• 📍 Boulder (Elkhorn)
• 💸 Free
• ⚡ Up for anything
• 🌗 Outdoors

Where: Elkhorn Rd, Boulder, MT 59632

Hours: Added 2026-06-24 — confirm current hours before you go.

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Proof: source 1 · source 2 · source 3 · source 4

last checked: 2026-06-24