Montana · Off-grid & homestead potential
Beaverhead County is a solid bolthole (55/100). Its strengths are deep isolation — 192 mi to the nearest city and strong economic & personal freedom (69% Republican). The trade-offs: a short, cold growing season (38.2°F avg) and 60.4% of it owned by the federal government.
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Beaverhead County is a solid bolthole (55/100). Its strengths: deep isolation — 192 mi to the nearest city and strong economic & personal freedom (69% Republican). Watch-outs: a short, cold growing season (38.2°F avg) and 60.4% of it owned by the federal government.
Land in Beaverhead County runs about $1,883 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Beaverhead County gets about 20.2" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 15% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 192 miles away, and population density is 1.8 people per square mile.