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Moon Creek

Ghost town · Custer County, Montana

Moon Creek School quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1969, 1:24,000)
Moon Creek School quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1969, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Moon Creek is a ghost town in Custer County, Montana. It is one of 8 former communities in Custer County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 23rd among the 55 Montana counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Moon Creek as a historical populated place on the Moon Creek School 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 46.1944° N, 106.0478° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleMoon Creek School
Elevation3,012 ft
Nearest living townMiles City, MT
Distance to it17.7 miles
GNIS feature ID1716853
Coordinates46.19445, -106.04778

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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.

Moon Creek today, aerial view
Moon Creek School quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1969, 1:24,000)

Left: Moon Creek School quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1969, 1:24,000), 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

Moon Creek is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Miles City, MT (population 8,412), about 17.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 3,012 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 Moon Creek?

Moon Creek is in Custer County, Montana, at 46.1944, -106.0478.

How many ghost towns are in Custer County?

Custer County, Montana has 8 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

Sources and licences

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.