Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)

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This area memorializes one of the last armed efforts of the Northern Plains Indians to preserve their way of life. Here in 1876, 263 soldiers and attached personnel of the U.S. Army, including Lt. Col. George A. Custer, met death at the hands of several thousand Lakota and Cheyenne warriors.

Little Bighorn Battlefield

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Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
PO Box 39
Crow Agency, MT 59022

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(406) 638-2621

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(406) 638-2623

Climate

Eastern Montana is a typical high plains environment;Summer daytime temperatures can range from high 70's to occasional 90's/100's. Nights are usually cool with temperatures in the high 40's to 50's. The area is generally treeless, semi arid and low humidty. The elevation is approximately 3200 ft with mountain ranges to the south and west.