The Great American Road Trip Challenge~4.5 years · 48 states · one loop
The Northern Rockies

Stop 12 · Days 549–550

Little Bighorn Battlefield

Little Bighorn Battlefield, MT

The windswept hills where Lakota and Cheyenne warriors defeated Custer's cavalry in 1876 — now a moving memorial to those who fell on both sides.

Where to stay

  • A Hardin motel

    The nearest town to the battlefield.

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You gotta eat this

  • A simple prairie-town meal

    Small-town Montana fare.

The days here

Each day opens its own hour-by-hour page

  1. 549Day 549 — Last Stand HillFull day · 3h planned
  2. 550Day 550 — South to Devils TowerDrive day · 3h drive

What this stop is made of

  • Somber & Civil-Rights Sites