Broadus Town Crossing

A Crossroads on the Montana High Plains

This camera looks over a road crossing in Broadus, the seat of Powder River County and one of the most remote communities in the American West. Surrounded by vast cattle ranches and rolling grassland, the town sits where the Powder River country opens onto endless prairie.

Everyday Traffic and Ranch Life

The view captures the unhurried rhythm of a rural crossroads — pickup trucks, livestock haulers and farm equipment pausing at the stop sign before continuing on. Heavy freight semis rumble through on their way across the open ranges of eastern Montana.

A Window onto Small-Town America

With its low storefronts, cottonwood trees and quiet residential lanes, Broadus offers a genuine glimpse of life in a tiny frontier town far from any city, where the highway is the lifeline connecting scattered ranches to the wider world.