This Abandoned Gold-mining Town Is One of the Best Ghost Towns in the West—and It Has a Creepy Old Hotel and Saloon

hile most travelers driving to Greenough, Montana—just about 30 minutes west of Missoula—head directly to Paws Up Montana, a World’s Best Awards winner in 2023, there’s one destination in between the two places that shouldn't be missed. A short detour off of Montana Highway 200 will bring you to Garnet, a ghost town that looks straight out of "Red Dead Redemption 2."

“Garnet is one of the best-preserved historic mining towns in Montana. Hard work from the Bureau of Land Management and the Garnet Preservation Association allows visitors to enjoy a firsthand experience of life in a mining town [from] the late 1800s and early 1900s,” says Jake Kvale, the activities manager at Paws Up.
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