Historic Site or District

Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument

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Photo © Donnie Sexton/Travel Montana

Silence prevails over the 1876 battlefield where Sitting Bull's coalition of warriors overwhelmed General Custer's Seventh Calvary in the most famous massacre of America's Indian Wars. To sense the war whoops and the dying moans, join Crow interpreters for a narrated tour.

About this Establishment

A national monument (http://www.nps.gov/libi/) on the outer edge of the Greater Yellowstone Region and within the Crow Reservation. Take a tour with Apsaalooke Tours (operated by Little Bighorn College at Crow Agency), which is an official concessionaire of the National Park Service and provides American Indian guides for step-on tours of the historic battlefield on a regular schedule during summer months and by appointment in other seasons. Apsaalooke Tours also offers tours to other areas of the Crow Reservation by appointment (see http://www.lbhc.cc.mt.us/ for more information).

Hours Open: open year-round, hours vary seasonally

Visitor Fees: $10/private vehicle; $5 for pedestrians

Seasons Open: open year-round, hours vary seasonally

Seasons Open: open year-round, hours vary seasonally

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Longitude: -107.430076000
Latitude: 45.570005000
Elevation: 3258 FT (993 M)
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