Custer National Forest Map - Beartooth Division

The Custer National Forest Map - Beartooth Division produced by the US Forest Service contains the most current information on roads, trails, recreation sites, travel restrictions and contact phone numbers for the Custer National Forest.

The Beartooth District was its own National Forest until 1932, when it was combined with other districts to the east to form the Custer National Forest. Its 587,000-acre Beartooth District is in southcentral Montana and has some of the most spectacular high country of any National Forest. The District is part of the Greater Yellowstone area and boasts diverse wildlife and plant species.

The highest peaks in Montana, including 12,799 foot Granite Peak, and hundreds of lakes are in the District's Beartooth Mountains, which are part of the 945,000 acre Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness Area. The Beartooth Mountains get their name from a spire the Crow Tribe referred to as Na Pet Say, or "The Bear's Tooth."