You can drive through some of the area and get out and walk around and take pictures etc. There are markers of both the Indians and white men who fell in battle. There are points at the site that explain which area youre standing in and what took place there. Mostly sight seeing with a small museum. There is a gift shop and restaurant towards the highway on your way out. The locals are friendly and will answer any questions you have about thier heritage.
The best time to visit for fewer crowds is spring or fall. Three walking trails: 1. Deep Ravine Trail - where 28 of Custers troopers were killed, but never found. There is quiet somber solitude here. You will feel the spirits. 2. Custer National Cemetery - 5,000 U.S. veterans and dependents are buried here. 3. Reno-Benteen Battlefield (RB) - 15 minute drive to RB. Walking trail through-out the besieged area where Reno and Benteen's men fought the Indians. Two hours for the complete experience. There is a self-guided trail guide for each trail. I'm humbled for my photos appear on the cover of each trail guide. Just one hour? Walk to Last Stand Hill where the last fighting occurred. Across the road is the Indian Memorial, the first Indian Memorial in the United States. NO restaurant, but there is a small but great museum, a superb bookstore. There during summer? Attend Park Ranger programs. Catch Ranger Michael Donahue's battle talk, the best! I hope this helps.
You can walk or drive or do both on a drive that takes you along the ridge tops where you can get a good sense of what happened pretty much as the combatants would have seen the battlefield. Interpretive signs along the way point out details of events. If weather does not permit you can see the museum and grave markers and outdoor monument with just a short walk or drive. It memorializes both the indians and the soldiers involvement. Very interesting if you like history at all. It brings a story that everyone learned about in school into perspective. Well worth your time even if you have only limited time. A dark chapter in the history of the country, and one that everyone should think on.
Things To Do If you have: One - two hoursView the 25 -minute orientation video.Explore the museum exhibits.Walk up to "Custer's Last Stand".Visit the Indian Memorial. Two - three hoursDo all the aboveWalk the Deep Ravine trail, 1/4 mile self-guided walking tour.Walk through the National Cemetery. Four hours or more:Do all the above.Drive the 4.5 mile tour road to the Reno-Benteen Battlefield, the second stage of the Battle of the Little Bighorn.Do an audio tour by purchasing a CD or drive out on your own, self guided tour.
We went the end of August. It wasn't planned we just decided to stop. It was well worth the trip. Very informative. Very vividly told by park guides. Well worth the time we spent there.
There is a bus tour of the battlefield who would an American Indian explaining what happened there is a small Museum there you are also able to walk around if you wish it's fairly hilly though. At the bottom of the hill going into the Battleground there's a small tourist trap and restaurant and you can have a genuine buffalo burger. It is the leanest meat I have ever eaten it is almost tasteless
There is an amazing museum that recreates the clothing, military armaments, and strategy of. the battle. Then, the walking)l/ driving tour brings it all to life. The best treatment of a battlefield in my opinion. Better than Gettysburg etc.
Take in the beauty of the place.
Seeing and walking the battlefield is the only way you can understand the thinking of the combatants. The battlefield is on Crow land.
Depends on the time of year, its pretty limited in the winter. Summer is a better time to go.
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