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The ranch barn lit from within at night under the northern lights

As seen on screen

The realDutton Ranch.

Chief Joseph Ranch in Darby, Montana is the filming location for the Dutton family’s ranch in Paramount Network’s Yellowstone. Between filming, it remains a working Montana ranch, a guest ranch and a family home.

How it began

It started with a cold call.

The Reader’s Digest version of the story is that it was a cold call. We did not have the ranch listed as a film location.

We are humbled and honored that Paramount chose our ranch as the setting of this amazing series. Watched by millions, the lodge has become a character in its own right, an iconic western Montana home built more than a century ago.

Read the full history

On film

The history of the ranch, told on screen.

The log and stone lodge at Chief Joseph Ranch on a summer evening
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On location

What was filmed here.

The lodge Great Room, kitchen, back porch, front porch, helipad and yard, and these locations across the ranch. Two of them you can stay in.

Every cabin stay includes a tour of the ranch and the places you will recognize.

  1. The lodgeGreat Room, kitchen, back porch, front porch, helipad and yard
  2. The armory
  3. Rip’s cabinBookableThe Ben Cook Cabin, available to book
  4. Lee Dutton’s cabinBookableThe Fisherman Cabin, available to book
  5. The Trapper cabin
  6. The barnsCorrals, arena, round pen, bunkhouse and fields
  7. The woods, cemetery and entrance
  8. Rip’s boyhood home
  9. The riverSeveral locations on the Bitterroot River property of the ranch

Tours with a stay

Chief Joseph Ranch does not offer tours without a cabin reservation. Every cabin stay includes a tour of the ranch and sets.

Photos at the gate

We welcome the large number of Yellowstone fans who stop at our gates to take photos of the Dutton Ranch sign. Please be courteous and do not block the driveway.

During filming

There will be security at the gates. The security company will not allow photos at that time, to keep the drive open for cast and crew.

Yellowstone is a Paramount Network series. Yellowstone Ranch and Chief Joseph Ranch are not affiliated with, sponsored or endorsed by Paramount. This page describes the ranch as a filming location only.

The white barn at dusk in snow, its doors lit and a large black Y brand under the roof peak
Visiting

A private home and a working ranch.

The lodge is the family’s home and is not available to book. Thank you for respecting their privacy when you stop at the gate.

To see the sets, stay in one of the two guest cabins. Your reservation includes a tour of the ranch and sets.

See the cabins Finding the ranch

Stay and tour the sets

Stay where the Duttons lived.

Two guest cabins on the ranch, each stay with a tour of the ranch and sets.

View the cabins Call 406 821 0894