Skeleton Cliff

Skeleton Cliff: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this viewpoint: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Skeleton Cliff

Season: October to February for cool, clear air; July to September for mist and greenery.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Skeleton Cliff — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 45.79940, -108.48430. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Skeleton Cliff

• Yellowstone Art Museum · museum · Yellowstone · ~3 km · Must-see
• Billings First Congregational Church · church · Yellowstone · ~3 km · Must-see
• Saint Patrick Co-Cathedral · church · Yellowstone · ~4 km · Must-see
• Coburn Hill · viewpoint · Yellowstone · ~5 km · Must-see
• Billings Montana Temple · church · Yellowstone · ~15 km · Must-see
• Zoo Montana · sanctuary · Yellowstone · ~16 km · Must-see
• Chief Plenty Coups State Park · park · Big Horn · ~52 km · Must-see
• Cave Moon Park · cave · Yellowstone · ~3 km
• Western Heritage Center · museum · Yellowstone · ~3 km
• Ghost Cave · cave · Yellowstone · ~4 km
• Moss Mansion Museum · museum · Yellowstone · ~4 km
• Pictograph Cave · fort · Yellowstone · ~9 km
• Ghost Cave · cave · Yellowstone · ~10 km
• Middle Cave · cave · Yellowstone · ~10 km
• Pictograph Cave State Park · cave · Yellowstone · ~10 km
• Pictograph Cave · cave · Yellowstone · ~10 km
• Halverson Number 1 Dam · lake · Yellowstone · ~11 km
• B O'Leary Number 2 Dam · lake · Yellowstone · ~11 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Skeleton Cliff

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Skeleton Cliff

• Coburn Hill · viewpoint · Yellowstone · ~5 km · Must-see
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• Sylvan Peak · viewpoint · Carbon · ~140 km · Must-see
• Pyramid Mountain · viewpoint · Stillwater · ~143 km · Must-see
• Bowback Mountain · viewpoint · Carbon · ~145 km · Must-see
• Mount Inabnit · viewpoint · Carbon · ~146 km · Must-see
• Whitetail Peak · viewpoint · Park · ~146 km · Must-see
• Beartooth Glacier · viewpoint · Park · ~146 km · Must-see
• Mount Wood · viewpoint · Stillwater · ~148 km · Must-see
• Hopper Glacier · viewpoint · Park · ~149 km · Must-see

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