Abandoned Record
About Wheat Basin
Wheat Basin is a ghost town in Stillwater County, Montana, United States. The town has a total area of 6.5 acres (2.6 hectares).
This is a site record: what public sources say about Wheat Basin, 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 Wheat Basin is
Historic maps
6 historic USGS maps cover Wheat Basin
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.
- 1892 Stillwater sheet, 1:125,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1954 Billings sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1956 Wheat Basin sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1957 Billings sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1958 Billings sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1979 Big Timber 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 Wheat Basin
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Montana index.
Sources
Sources
- Wikipedia, "Wheat Basin, Montana": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q7991809.
- USGS GNIS 778337.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).