Entry No. 25 — the Helena file — filed under: outdoor-weird

Elkhorn State Park (Ghost Town)

Montana's smallest state park is under an acre and consists of just two weathered wooden buildings left from a silver-mining boomtown that once held around 2,500 people. Fraternity Hall, a strange fusion of Greek Revival columns and gold-camp false front, still stands with its neoclassical balcony intact, and you can climb to its second floor and poke around inside. The rest of Elkhorn is a privately owned scatter of collapsing cabins, so the park is a tiny preserved island in a real ghost town.

The move: Drive the dirt road up to Elkhorn, step inside Fraternity Hall and explore the upper floor, then wander the surrounding ghost-town streets respecting the private property.

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

Where: Elkhorn, MT (~11 miles up a dirt road off MT-69 near Boulder); ~50 miles from Helena

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

⚠ Seasonal or scheduled — always check before you go.

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

last checked: 2026-06-24