Museums
Sacajawea Interpretive Center
Under $25A park and interpretive center in Salmon, Idaho, focused on Sacajawea and the Agaidika Shoshone-Bannock people.
Photo: Mark Holloway from Anaconda, Montana, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.
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Bannack State Park
Walk the Main Street of a preserved 1862 gold rush ghost town, where more than 50 historic log and frame buildings still stand.
721 Bannack Rd · Dillon, MT
About Bannack State Park
Bannack is the site of Montana's first major gold discovery, made on July 28, 1862, and it briefly served as the territorial capital in 1864. Today it is a state park and National Historic Landmark where more than 50 log and frame buildings line Main Street, and most of the old structures can be explored. You can also camp, fish and bike here, and in winter people skate on the frozen dredge pond. Bannack Days, held each July, brings re-enactors and historic displays.
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What's around here?
The closest stops to Bannack State Park, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.
