Abandoned Record
About Mossmain
Mossmain is a ghost town in Yellowstone County, Montana, United States in the Billings metro area. Mossmain is in the Mountain Standard time zone at an elevation of 3,274 feet.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Mossmain, 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 Mossmain is
Historic maps
5 historic USGS maps cover Mossmain
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.
- 1954 Billings sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1956 Mossmain sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1957 Billings sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1958 Billings sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1989 Billings sheet, 1:100,000 · 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 Mossmain
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Montana index.
Sources
Sources
- Wikipedia, "Mossmain, Montana": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q6916682.
- USGS GNIS 774416.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).