About
LocationMT
RegionGallatin County
Managed byUS Forest Service
SizeLarge — multiple days
Acres1,850,468 acres
Good forHikingBikingCampingHorseback RidingWinter Sports

The Custer Gallatin National Forest is located primarily in the south central part of the U.S. state of Montana. It was formed from a merge of the Custer National Forest, located primarily in the south central part of Montana but also with separate sections in northwestern South Dakota, and the Gallatin National Forest, located in South-West Montana, with some of it in North-West Wyoming. The Custer National Forest has a total area of 1,188,130 acres (4,808 km2), the forest comprises over 10 separate sections. While in the westernmost sections, Custer National Forest is a part of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, the easternmost sections are a combination of forest "islands" and grasslands. A portion of the forest is also part of the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness and constitutes over a third of the wilderness land. South of Red Lodge, Montana, the Beartooth Highway (U.S. 212) passes through the forest en route to Yellowstone National Park. The eastern areas are dominated by large stands of ponderosa pine surrounded by grasslands, which are often leased to local ranchers for cattle grazing. The Gallatin National Forest has an area of 2,129,194 acres, and was established February 10, 1899
Adapted from the Wikipedia article Custer Gallatin National Forest, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Trails (5)
  • Bannock Trail1.6 mi · Easy · 101 ft up · 45 min · from Gallatin National Forest
  • Black Diamond0.7 mi · Easy · 197 ft up · 30 min · from Gallatin National Forest
  • Gallatin Tower Trail0.1 mi · Easy · 164 ft up · 15 min · from Gallatin National Forest
  • Honey Run Ridge1.8 mi · Moderate · 662 ft up · 1 hr 15 min · from Gallatin National Forest
  • Logger's0.9 mi · Easy · 58 ft up · 30 min · from Gallatin National Forest

Trail data: USGS National Map / PAD-US, the National Park Service, state agencies, and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

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