Visitor Maps and Guides
Forest Visitor Maps
Provide forest-wide information on attractions, facilities, services, and opportunities.
Digital Forest Visitor Maps are available for purchase in the Avenza app for use on mobile devices.
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The Motor Vehicle Use Map (MVUM) is a requirement of the 2005 Final Travel Management Rule and reflects travel management decisions on each Forest. The MVUM displays National Forest System (NFS) routes (roads and trails) or areas designated as open to motorized travel.
The MVUM also displays allowed uses by vehicle class (highway-legal vehicles, vehicles less than 50 inches wide and motorcycles), seasonal allowances, distance allowances, and provides information on other travel rules and regulations. Routes not shown on the MVUM are not open to public motor vehicle travel. Routes designated for motorized use may not always be signed on the ground, but will be identified on the MVUM. It will be the public's responsibility to reference the MVUM to stay on designated routes for motor vehicle use. Motor Vehicle Use Maps do not currently show mechanized, non-motorized or over-snow vehicle use.
The MVUM is a black and white map with no topographic features. It is a map for legal designations of where you can travel with various motorized vehicles, but for additional reference it is best used in conjunction with a Forest Visitor Map or other detailed map.
Absaroka-Beartooth (West)
Absaroka-Beartooth (East)
Ashland Ranger District
Beartooth Front (North)
Beartooth Front (South)
Pryor Mountains
Bridger and Bangtail Mountains
Crazy Mountains
Gallatin Range and Northern Madison Range
Hebgen Lake Ranger District, Henry’s Lake Range, Southern Madison Range
Sioux Ranger District - Montana Units
Sioux Ranger District - South Dakota Units
Hardcopy Motor Vehicle Use Maps are available at our Ranger District offices.
Tracked ATV/UTV’s do not meet the definition of a snowmobile in the Custer Gallatin National Forest Travel Plan and therefore are prohibited from use on all snowmobile routes and open riding areas.
The OSVUM is a color map with no topographic features. It is a map for legal designations of where you can travel with over snow vehicles, but for additional reference it is best used in conjunction with a Forest Visitor Map or other detailed map.
There is one Over Snow Vehicle Use Map (OSVUM) that covers the western portion of the Custer Gallatin National Forest. This map has a front cover and 9 detail maps on the back.
Gallatin Over Snow Vehicle Use Map Front Cover
Fairy Lake Over Snow Detail Map
Gallatin Range Over Snow Detail Map
Hebgen Lake Over Snow Detail Map
Hyalite / Bozeman Creek / Bear Canyon Over Snow Detail Map
Mill Creek Over Snow Detail Map
Sage Creek Trailhead Map
Jardine Over Snow Detail Map
Taylor Fork Over Snow Detail Map
West Crazies Over Snow Detail Map
West Yellowstone Over Snow Detail Map
Cooke City Over Snow Detail Map
Hardcopy OSVUMs are available at the Hebgen Lake, Bozeman, Yellowstone, Gardiner, and Beartooth Ranger District Offices.
Digital MVUMs are available for download at the links above for use on mobile devices, or from the Avenza store.
Both digital and hardcopy OSVUMs are provided free of charge.
Automated Lands Program (ALP) Land Status and Encumbrance Map Viewer
A map service designed to portray US Forest Service Land Status Record System data.
Geospatial Data (GIS - Clearing House)
Single access point for data collected and managed by the Forest Service.
Forest Orders
Find local, forest and regional special order maps by subject including - Food Storage, Shooting area closures, timeshare and WSA maps.
Variety of useful maps published by Custer Gallatin National Forest partners including Friends of Hyalite, West Yellowstone, Cooke City and other area maps. Some maps geo-referenced for use in Avenza app and mobile device.
Beartooth All-American Road Interpretive Signs Map
Gardiner Bear Creek Ski Trails Map
West Yellowstone Summer Motorized Trail Map - North*
West Yellowstone Summer Motorized Trail Map - South*
West Yellowstone Ski – Rendezvous Trail System*
West Yellowstone Hike/Bike/Ski/Snowshoe – North of West Yellowstone and Around Hebgen Lake*
West Yellowstone Hike/Bike/Ski/Snowshoe – Riverside and Boundary Trail*
Cooke City Snowmobile Map - Front
Cooke City Snowmobile Map - Back
West Yellowstone Snowmobile Map - North*
West Yellowstone Snowmobile Map - South*
* Indicate maps are geo-referenced for use on a mobile device using the Avenza app. As a result, these maps may display upside-down.
The Custer Gallatin works closely with all partners on the Interagency Bison Management Plan, a cooperative, multi-agency effort guiding management of bison in and around the park. The Land Management Plan for the Forest speaks proactively to bison as a native species on the landscape and the Forest is working to identify bison habitat projects. Bison Hunt Maps included for Gardiner and West Yellowstone, MT.
West Yellowstone Bison Hunt Map
Gardiner Basin Bison Hunt Maps
Beattie Gulch Closure Area
Eagle Creek Closure Area
McConnell Closure Area
Gardiner Area Shooting Closure Contour Map
Beartooth Ranger District provides a niche of brochure ready maps for popular hiking areas.
Trail and Area Maps (Beartooth Ranger District Only)
For area trail maps, click on the following links. Don't know the area? See our map guide for locations of each map below.
To see which trails allow which type of use (horseback riding, mountain biking, etc), see our trail use guide.
Benbow Area
Cross country Ski Trails
East Rosebud Area
Hellroaring Plateau and Glacier Lake Area
How to Get to Yellowstone National Park when Beartooth Highway is closed
Lake Plateau Area
Line Creek Plateau Area
Meyers Creek Area
Palisades Area
Pryor Mountains Access Roads
Pryor Mountains Area Map
Pryor Mountain Powerline Road Access Map (official access from Bridger)
Red Lodge Area Rec Map
Red Lodge Creek Plateau Area
Silver Run Plateau Area
Stillwater River Area
West Fork and Lake Fork Trails
West Rosebud Area
Supplementary maps to accompany Forest Visitor Maps (North Section) - including Crazy Mountains.
Porcupine Ibex Forest Visitor Map Insert (2021) - Trail Complete