Abandoned Record
About Nohly
Nohly is an unincorporated place in Richland County, Montana on the Missouri River and on a BNSF Railway line (originally the Great Northern Railway. The Library of Congress holds a collection of photographs of a vertical lift bridge in Nohly that spans the Missouri River, variously called the Snowden Bridge, Nohly Bridge, and Great Northern Railroad Bridge, built in 1913 for the Great Northern with subsequent construction work in 1925.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Nohly, 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 Nohly is
Historic maps
6 historic USGS maps cover Nohly
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.
- 1909 Glendive sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1954 Glendive sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1957 Glendive sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1958 Glendive sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1968 Dore sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1981 Sidney 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 Nohly
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Montana index.
Sources
Sources
- Wikipedia, "Nohly, Montana": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q96396078.
- USGS GNIS 774661.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).