Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument

About

Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument marks the site of the June 1876 battle between the U.S. 7th Cavalry and combined Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho forces. A visitor contact station, the Custer National Cemetery, and marked stops along a 4.5-mile driving tour road cover the battlefield and the separate Reno-Benteen Entrenchment area, a mile-long walking loop several miles south of the main site. Most people spend two to three hours here: enough for the contact station exhibits, the quarter-mile Deep Ravine trail near Last Stand Hill, and a drive of the full tour road with stops at the interpretive markers along the way.

As of 2026, entrance costs $25 per private vehicle, $20 per motorcycle, and $15 on foot or by bicycle. The park takes only electronic payment; it does not accept cash. The temporary visitor contact station and the cemetery are open 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily, and the driving tour road and walking trails close at 5 p.m. Ranger talks run from Memorial Day through September 30, and paid guided bus tours are offered in summer for visitors who want a narrated version of the battle timeline.

The main visitor center building is closed for construction. The park expects it to reopen by the end of 2026, with new exhibits following before summer 2027. In the meantime, parking near the building is reduced and part of the lot has been closed for the project, so visitors walking from there to Last Stand Hill or the cemetery should expect fewer spaces and some rerouting.

The monument sits in Crow Agency, Montana, 16 miles from Hardin, the closest town with food and lodging. Rosebud Battlefield State Park, the site of a related engagement a week before the main battle, is 48 miles away. Pompeys Pillar National Monument, where William Clark carved his name into a sandstone butte in 1806, is 72 miles away.

Accessibility

Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument is accessible at its core visitor areas, though the park's own accessibility page is brief and does not cover restrooms, trail surfaces, or the battlefield road in detail.

Accessible parking is available next to the visitor center and, separately, at the top of Last Stand Hill, and a ramp connects the visitor center lot to its door. The visitor center building itself is closed for construction and is not expected to reopen until late 2026, with a temporary contact station handling questions and bookstore sales in the meantime. The park's accessibility page has not been updated to describe the temporary setup, so call ahead to confirm current parking and entrance conditions before a long drive.

Wheelchairs are available for checkout inside the visitor center under normal operations. Because the building is closed for construction, it is worth calling 406-924-9167 to confirm whether checkout wheelchairs are being handled at the temporary contact station.

The park has not published anything about restroom accessibility, trail surface or grade, elevators, assistive listening, captioning, or sign language services, so treat those as unconfirmed until you ask staff directly. The Deep Ravine Trail, a short loop near the visitor center, is described by the park only as a route through a rugged landscape, which does not sound like a level, hard-surfaced path.

Service animals are permitted throughout the park under ADA rules and must stay under the handler's control, on a leash or harness, unless that would interfere with the animal's work. For anything not covered here, the park asks visitors to contact staff directly rather than assume.

Checked by Accessible America, August 2026. Report a change

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Photo credits

• Sunset glows behind a grassy hillside dotted with white cavalry gravestones at Little Bighorn.: Wasichu14, CC BY 4.0 (source)
• Gravestones dot Last Stand Hill above a paved trail and visitor center at Little Bighorn Battlefield.: 1025wil, CC BY-SA 3.0 (source)
• Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument official National Park Service image: National Park Service, Public domain (U.S. National Park Service)
• A paved walkway follows the fenced cavalry cemetery with a tipi and visitor building nearby.: MPSharwood, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source)
• White gravestones sit behind a fence beside a paved accessible path near a reconstructed tipi.: MPSharwood, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source)
• A metal silhouette sculpture of mounted warriors overlooks the grassy battlefield under a blue sky.: Robteague, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source)
• Metal silhouette sculptures of mounted warriors stand along a low stone wall at the Indian Memorial.: MPSharwood, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source)