WayfarrowCherry Springs
Ghost town · Carbon County, Montana
Cherry Springs is a ghost town in Carbon County, Montana. It is one of 11 former communities in Carbon County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 16th among the 55 Montana counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Cherry Springs as a historical populated place on the Bridger 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 45.3052° N, 108.9899° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Bridger |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 3,863 ft |
| Nearest living town | Bridger, MT |
| Distance to it | 3.6 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1726662 |
| Coordinates | 45.30522, -108.98987 |
What's there now
Cherry Springs is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Bridger, MT (population 850), about 3.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 3,863 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Goldenghost town · Carbon County · 6.1 mi
- Coalvilleghost town · Carbon County · 7.3 mi
- Foxghost town · Carbon County · 11.2 mi
- Washoeghost town · Carbon County · 14.6 mi
- Scotch Couleeghost town · Carbon County · 14.6 mi
- Caledoniaghost town · Carbon County · 14.6 mi
- Eagleghost town · Carbon County · 15 mi
- Linleyghost town · Carbon County · 21.2 mi
- George Placeghost town · Carbon County · 25.9 mi
- Mossmainghost town · Yellowstone County · 29.5 mi
- Dryheadghost town · Carbon County · 36 mi
- Rimrockghost town · Yellowstone County · 37.1 mi
Questions
Where is Cherry Springs?
Cherry Springs is in Carbon County, Montana, at 45.3052, -108.9899.
How many ghost towns are in Carbon County?
Carbon County, Montana has 11 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
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 2026-11-05.