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Bensons Landing

Ghost town · Park County, Montana

Livingston quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1951, 1:24,000)
Livingston quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1951, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Bensons Landing is a ghost town in Park County, Montana. It is one of 6 former communities in Park County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 26th among the 55 Montana counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Bensons Landing as a historical populated place on the Livingston 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 45.6902° N, 110.5299° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleLivingston
Elevation4,467 ft
Nearest living townLivingston, MT
Distance to it2.1 miles
GNIS feature ID1743089
Coordinates45.69021, -110.52993

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What's there now

Bensons Landing is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Livingston, MT (population 8,635), about 2.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 4,467 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Bensons Landing?

Bensons Landing is in Park County, Montana, at 45.6902, -110.5299.

How many ghost towns are in Park County?

Park County, Montana has 6 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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