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Etna

Ghost town · Ravalli County, Montana

Bing quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1967, 1:24,000)
Bing quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1967, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Etna is a ghost town in Ravalli County, Montana. It is one of 6 former communities in Ravalli County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 29th among the 55 Montana counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Etna as a historical populated place on the Bing 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 46.4360° N, 114.0843° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleBing
Elevation3,345 ft
Nearest living townVictor, MT
Distance to it3.4 miles
GNIS feature ID1803088
Coordinates46.43603, -114.08427

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What's there now

Etna is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Victor, MT (population 948), about 3.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 3,345 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Etna?

Etna is in Ravalli County, Montana, at 46.4360, -114.0843.

How many ghost towns are in Ravalli County?

Ravalli County, Montana has 6 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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