With a focus on Dutton Ranch variety Yellowstone shows, the middle ground Taylor Sheridan's hit TV franchise a real place?
Yellowstonewhich premiered in 2018, introduced viewers to the fictional Dutton family, who own the largest ranch in Montana. As the fictional universe expands, so does this number Yellowstone exhibits located at the ranch, actually known as the Chief Joseph Ranch.
Rancher Shane Libel and his family have talked about how Yellowstone producers are checking the area.
“[Taylor] he looked around and said, 'That's the basement over there,'” Libel told TV Insider in 2022. “He started walking around yelling scenes as he saw them. 'Episode 1, Act 3 here!' And the assistant was writing everything. The local director looked at me and said, 'I think you have.'”
Besides Chief Joseph Ranch, Yellowstone again 1923 filmed in Utah and on the real-life Crow Indian Reservation. I Yellowstone The franchise, meanwhile, has expanded to include 1883, The Madison, Y: Marshals, The Dutton Ranch, 1944 again 6666.
Keep scrolling to find out everything you know about the real Dutton Ranch:
Where is Dutton Ranch?
Yellowstone again 1923 were recorded at the Chief Joseph Ranch, a working cattle ranch in Montana. Libel and her loved ones currently live five hours away from Yellowstone National Park.
Is the 'Yellowstone' movie on the Real Ranch?
“This is the real thing. This is what makes this show sing, that this lodge has become a character in our show,” the set of Yellowstone Carla Curry said in a 2021 video while the show was being filmed. “This isn't a set. This isn't on stage. This is the bathroom we're lucky to be in.”
He continued: “Historically it's an incredibly irreplaceable home. So we're proud of it, we want to keep its integrity, and we want to honor another of our cast members here.”
As the man behind Yellowstone and dozens of spinoffs, Taylor Sheridan is one of the most important people at the Paramount Network — but the Yellowstone universe is only one part of his empire. While some major producers – Ryan Murphy and Shonda Rhimes, for example – enlist other writers and directors to work on projects that contain them. […]
Who Owns the Chief Joseph Ranch?
Libel has owned the Chief Joseph Ranch since 2012, he said TV Insider“We really liked it [and] the history, the architecture – the farm itself.”
The owner of the farm was working on time Yellowstone was in production. (The main lodge featured in the show used to be a bed and breakfast but has since become Libel's home.)
“The most real thing in the world — and the most humbling thing in the world is when you're sitting in your living room watching a show filmed in your house,” Libel said in a promotional video for Yellowstone 2021.
Who Can Visit the Farm?
For most of 2025, fans could go to the Chief Joseph Ranch before it is closed to visitors in the winter months. Visitors could stay in guest cabins, which would allow them to tour the area.
Chief Joseph Ranch offers the Lee Dutton Cabin, Rip Cabin and Fisherman's Cabin – at a nightly rate of over $1,000 each. The Chief Joseph Ranch website noted that the Lee Cabin was built in 1916 and overlooks the Bitterroot River.
