Garnet Range
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The Garnet Range, highest point Old Baldy Mountain, elevation 7511 feet (2,289.4 m), is a mountain range
Mountain range
A mountain range is a single, large mass consisting of a succession of mountains or narrowly spaced mountain ridges, with or without peaks, closely related in position, direction, formation, and age; a component part of a mountain system or of a mountain chain...

 northeast of Drummond, Montana
Drummond, Montana
Drummond is a town in Granite County, Montana, United States. The population was 318 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Drummond is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land....

 in Powell County, Montana
Powell County, Montana
-National protected areas:* Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest * Flathead National Forest * Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site* Helena National Forest * Lolo National Forest * Bob Marshall Wilderness Area...

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A popular historic site, Garnet Ghost Town, is in the Garnet Range. Situated on BLM
BLM
BLM may stand for: Saint Barthélemy using ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code*Bergbahn Lauterbrunnen-Mürren, a railway in Switzerland, part funicular, part adhesion*Bilayer lipid membrane*Black Mage, a job in Final Fantasy XI...

land, the ghost town is the remnants of a mining settlement that was inhabited from the late 1800's to the 1930's. The town's population reached several thousand during its peak. A visitor center and self-guided tours are available.
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