Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument

National Park Service, Montana.

This area memorializes the US Army's 7th Cavalry, Crow, and Arikara scouts and the Lakotas, Cheyennes, and Arapaho in one of the American Indian's last armed efforts to preserve their way of life. Here on June 25 and 26 of 1876, 263 soldiers, including Lt. Col. George A. Custer and attached personnel of the US Army, died fighting several thousand Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho warriors.


Directions

Take Interstate I-90 and exit at the Crow Agency Exit 510 at Jct. 212. To reach Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, turn right at the park entrance onto Battlefield Tour Road 756.

Additional Information

  • Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument Map
  • Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument Official Website

Photo Gallery

  • Rising Full MoonLittle Bighorn Battlefield National Monument moon rising above the Indian Memorial
  • Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
  • Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
  • Headstones in the winterThe monument and battlefield are open year round, even in winter when snow coats the ground.
  • Seventh Calvary Memorial at DuskAbout 40 to 50 men of the original 210 were cornered on the hill where the monument now stands.
  • Indian MemorialThe Indian Memorial is a circular earthwork carved gently into the prairie. The walls carry the names of those who fell here as well as the words of some who fought in the battle.
  • Stone HouseThe stone house once served as a house for the Superintendent and their family. It has been renovated and restored and now serves as an office and research area.

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