Abandoned Record
About Limestone
Limestone is a town located in Stillwater County, Montana, United States. Limestone appears on the Meyer Mountain U.S. Geological Survey Map.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Limestone, gathered in one place. We haven't written a full guide yet, so history, current access and photos are still to come. Treat the status as unknown until a guide confirms it.
Map
Where Limestone is
Historic maps
10 historic USGS maps cover Limestone
Topographic sheets from the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain), oldest first. Older sheets often show the camp, mines and roads while the place was alive. The downloads are large map scans; USGS topoView shows them in the browser.
- 1898 Granite Mountain District sheet, 1:125,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1932 Nye No 2 sheet, 1:48,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1939 Mt Wood sheet, 1:62,500 · GeoTIFF download
- 1941 Mt Wood sheet, 1:62,500 · GeoTIFF download
- 1954 Billings sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1957 Billings sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1958 Billings sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1986 Meyer Mountain sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1989 Red Lodge sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1996 Meyer Mountain sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
Directions
Getting there
Before you go
- Many ghost town sites are on private land, active mining claims or tribal land. Check land status and ask permission.
- Roads to old townsites are often unmaintained dirt. Map apps may route over closed or impassable tracks.
- Removing artifacts from public land is illegal under federal and most state laws.
Nearby
Other sites near Limestone
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Montana index.
Sources
Sources
- Wikipedia, "Limestone, Montana": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q6549306.
- USGS GNIS 786139.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).