Bannack State Park Switching To Winter Hours Starting Oct. 16

Bannack State Park will be switching to winter hours next week.

Starting Monday, Oct. 16, the park will be open daily from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The visitor center will be open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Bannack will be closed on Dec. 24 and 25. Summer hours will resume on April 13.

Clark’s Lookout State Park will close for the season on Nov. 1 and will reopen on April 1.

About 20 miles west of Dillon, Bannack State Park is a National Historic Landmark and the site of Montana’s first major gold discovery in 1862. More than 50 historic buildings still line Bannack’s Main Street. Learn more at fwp.mt.gov/stateparks/bannack or call 406-834-3413.