A Day Trip to the Ghost Towns of Virginia and Nevada City Montana April 20, 2017 Madison County, Montana is where you will find the “ghost” towns of Virginia City and Nevada City. Virginia City is a well preserved, very much alive, ghost town which is frozen in time. It is located just 20 miles west of Yellowstone National Park (90 miles by road). Virginia City Montana. Montana Office of Tourism Read More… from A Day Trip to the Ghost Towns of Virginia and Nevada City Montana