Abandoned Record
About Lombard
Lombard is a ghost town in southeastern Broadwater County, Montana, United States. The town was located on the east bank of the Missouri River, just north of the mouth of Sixteen Mile Creek.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Lombard, 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 Lombard is
Historic maps
8 historic USGS maps cover Lombard
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.
- 1886 Fort Logan sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1948 White Sulphur Springs sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1949 Toston sheet, 1:62,500 · GeoTIFF download
- 1958 White Sulphur Springs sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1961 White Sulphur Springs sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1965 White Sulphur Springs sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1976 Townsend sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1986 Lombard 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 Lombard
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Montana index.
Sources
Sources
- Wikipedia, "Lombard, Montana": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q6669346.
- USGS GNIS 1762211.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).