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Beck

Ghost town · Teton County, Montana

Collins quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1950, 1:62,500)
Collins quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1950, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Beck is a ghost town in Teton County, Montana. It is one of 3 former communities in Teton County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 46th among the 55 Montana counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Beck as a historical populated place on the Collins SE topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 47.7850° N, 111.8172° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleCollins SE
Elevation3,817 ft
Nearest living townDutton, MT
Distance to it6.4 miles
GNIS feature ID1762150
Coordinates47.78496, -111.81722

Open the location on a map

Then and now

Drag the slider: the old USGS map on the left, the same ground from the air today on the right. Both cover the same 1.9-mile square centred on the recorded location.

Beck today, aerial view
Collins quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1950, 1:62,500)

Left: Collins quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1950, 1:62,500), U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection. Right: The same ground today: NAIP aerial imagery, USDA Farm Service Agency, National Agriculture Imagery Program (via USGS). Both public domain.

What's there now

Beck is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Dutton, MT (population 258), about 6.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 3,817 feet above sea level. The aerial view above shows what covers the ground today. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Questions

Where is Beck?

Beck is in Teton County, Montana, at 47.7850, -111.8172.

How many ghost towns are in Teton County?

Teton County, Montana has 3 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-06.