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Post by rocklord on Feb 9, 2014 16:43:19 GMT -6
Hi guys
Looking for a little help and advice.
We're renting an RV and touring the National Parks this summer and I MUST visit LBH before we return!
Which RV park is best and can anyone recommend a tour guide? I'm quite well versed in the history but my family could benefit from a pro showing us around.
Any help gratefully received. I've been planning this trip for approx 40 years so want to make it a good one!
Thanks
Stewart
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2014 17:22:36 GMT -6
Stewart, Can't help much but I recommend starting your tour of the LBH battle from the end of the park road (last stop would be the visitor center). That way you get an idea of the terrain and the flow. There's a place that some here have suggested: visitmt.com/listing/categories_NET/MoreInfo.aspx?IDRRecordID=14445Enjoy that trip! Best, c. |
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Post by quincannon on Feb 9, 2014 20:38:42 GMT -6
Get good maps early, and spend twice as much time studying them as the number of hours you intend to be at the battlefield. Have a firm idea of that terrain. It is essential to the understanding of what took place. I agree with Chris, in part. Go to the visitors center first. If the timing is right listen to the Park Service presentation. Then go to the far end, The Reno-Benteen site at the southernmost portion of the park. That will accomplish two objectives. You can get the last part of the battle, from the evening of the 25 to mid-day on the 27th out of the way, then follow the park road back to the visitors center. This approximates Custer's route as much as you can. The areas on both sides of that road are privately owned, so while the road does not follow the exact route, most of it can be seen and evaluations made. From Weir Point to LSH the road follows in the midst of the action.
Take your lunch and plan to eat in your vehicle. There is also an audio tape you can purchase that will be of great benefit to you. It's pretty good. Make your last stop the visitor's center and if you can catch the Park Service presentation again do so. Wonder around the cemetery while you are there.
Spend your time between now and then in study, particularly in map reconnaissance.
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Post by Mike Powell on Feb 10, 2014 1:53:38 GMT -6
Well, there's a lot to think about here. First of all, how much time and money do you want to spend on this?
If you've got two full days and about $400 that could get you a guided tour on Day 1 from Busby where Custer spent the night of the 24th, up Davis Creek including the Crow Nest, over the divide between Davis Creek and Reno Creek (Ash Creek by name in 1876) and then circuitously down Reno Creek to the point of Benteen's departure southward, Reno's crossing point over the LBH and his subsequent fight until his withdrawal, the south end of the village and finally you can stand at Medicine Tail Ford and look northeast across the river and up that coulee of the same name. This will eat up the better part of a day and your family may begin to hate you toward the end but you'll have a good grasp of the terrain as Custer saw it on his last day. Almost all of this is over private land and you do not want to attempt it without a guide.
Day 2 you can visit the battlefield proper and folks above have given some pretty good advice on how to approach that. I heartily endorse the idea of driving right through the entire thing to get to the Reno/Benteen defence area, turning around and then making your tour in the nortwesterly direction, catching the cemetary and visitor center at the tail end. You don't need a guide for this in my opinion.
One other proviso on touring from Busby, you'll need something with good ground clearance and preferably four-wheel drive and it'll have to have room for your crowd plus the guide.
If you want the names of a couple of guides drop me a message and the price I quoted dates back to 2008 so they're probably a little higher now.
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