Yellowstone Film Ranch is a full-service filming destination in Montana — a one-stop shop offering an operational Western town backlot and extensive production support.

Located in the heart of Montana’s Paradise Valley, the western town film ranch features sweeping prairie and forest landscapes, as well as three additional cabins, a Victorian farmhouse, and a spacious production office available for rent in downtown Livingston. The production office includes a costume and prop house, and a studio cabin with build space for set construction.

The Western backlot, styled after a late 1800s gold rush town, sits amid pristine sagebrush and forested serenity, framed by 360-degree views of glacier-capped peaks, rolling hills, and Emigrant Peak. It includes more than thirty structures — a mix of fully functional interiors, exteriors, and façades — joining two intersecting streets. Among them: a church with preacher’s quarters, a town hall, a livery, a sheriff’s jail, a bank with an authentic 1860s counter, a general store, a guest house, a saloon with a brothel and bathhouse, and a mine entrance.

Additional support buildings allow for interchangeable interior sets, while surrounding landscapes feature a prairie house, a barn, and a log cabin by a stream — ideal for period or frontier storytelling.

The Yellowstone Film Ranch team provides hands-on production planning, location services, and support to help filmmakers maximize Montana’s 30% tax credit incentive and other production benefits. The region offers experienced crew, no sales tax, and diverse lodging and dining within minutes of the ranch.

From studio features and television series to independent films and commercials, Yellowstone Film Ranch offers filmmakers unmatched scenery, flexibility, and support in one of the most cinematic landscapes in America.