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Map of Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument in Montana. In the west central region of the map, the monument is shown as a green, roughly square area with amoebic appendages along the southern edge, which follows the snaking Little Bighorn River.

Extended Description

Surrounding areas are shown in beige, with Crow Indian Reservation to the north and Little Bighorn Valley to the south. Two main arteries traverse the southern half of the map, with the Little Bighorn River slithering across the region in blue and Interstate 90/US Route 87 in black. The interstate runs parallel to the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, and both stretch from a grid showing Crow Agency near the left edge of the map. Text there indicates that both continue “To Hardin, 15 miles (24 kilometers).” and “To Billings, 65 miles (104 kilometers).” Text near where the road and railway travel off the bottom right corner of the map reads, “To Sheridan, Wyoming, 70 miles (112 kilometers).” Extending from an interchange along the interstate to the west, US Route 212 stretches northeast through the Crow Reservation to where text reads, “To Busby, 22 miles (35 kilometers).”

Black, red, and blue lines show routes and battlefield movements in the area between Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument and Reno-Benteen Battlefield to the east, which is shown as a green zigzag-shaped area. Scattered throughout, troop positions are marked with blue rectangles, and Indian encampments are marked with red triangles. This description will begin with sites in the monument area, then move onto routes and movements in black, red, and blue while listing locations along the way. It will conclude with sites in the surrounding area and a transcription of the legend.

Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument

Spanning the southern edge of the monument area, green texts indicate the location of Custer Battlefield. Moving clockwise from the western perimeter, other sites are labeled as follows: Custer National Cemetery as a black dash along the black route; visitor center in green text with a black rectangle along the black route; Last Stand Hill 7th Cavalry Memorial as a black dot along the black route; Indian Memorial as a black dot; Battle Ridge along the northern perimeter; Calhoun Hill in the northeast corner; Greasy Grass Ridge in the southeast corner; and Deep Ravine at the center of the monument area.

Routes

A black line marking Battlefield Road runs from US Route 212 in the west through Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument before passing just north of a beige area labeled “Indian Encampment in 1876,” and ending in Reno-Benteen Battlefield to the east. Seventeen black circles numbered with white text are spaced along the road and in both battlefields.

Legend

A compass in the top left corner of the map shows north angled almost to the left. A scale next to it measures distances of 0.5 and 1 kilometer and 0.5 and 1 mile. The legend below reads as follows:

Under blue text reading “Troop Movements,”

Blue arrow with a solid line for Known and

Blue arrow with dashed line for Conjectural.

Under blue text reading “Troop Positions,”

Blue, solid rectangle for Custer and

Blue rectangle outline for Reno and Benteen.

And under red text reading “Indian Movements,”

Red arrow with solid line for Known and

Red arrow with dashed line for Conjectural.