Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument charges $25 per private vehicle, $20 for motorcycles, and $15 per walk-in or bicycle visitor, covering the driver and all passengers with no separate pass required. The 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn, popularly known as Custer's Last Stand, was memorialized for the 7th Cavalry in 1881, but the Indian Memorial honoring the tribes who fought here wasn't dedicated until June 25, 2003, a 127-year gap from the battle itself. The park uses a fully cashless payment system.
The park accepts only credit card, debit card, or mobile payment, so visitors need electronic payment ready, since cash is not accepted at the entrance station.
The monument actually encompasses the Custer Battlefield and the separate Reno-Benteen Battlefield, worth understanding this as two distinct combat sites from the same 1876 engagement, not a single contained location.
Unlike the battlefield itself, Little Bighorn National Cemetery has no entrance fee, a separate policy from the rest of the monument's paid access.
Little Bighorn Battlefield sits in Crow Agency, Montana, within the Crow Indian Reservation, about an hour southeast of Billings.
Crow Agency rewards understanding the 127-year gap between the battlefield's first monument and its Indian Memorial, alongside the park's practical cashless fee system. The Indian Memorial's own story is covered in full below.
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