Beartooth Highway

Beartooth Highway marker Beartooth Highway marker
Beartooth Highway
Map
Beartooth Highway highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by National Park Service
Length68.7 mi[1] (110.6 km)
ExistedJune 4, 1936; 88 years ago (1936-06-04)–present
Component
highways
US 212
Major junctions
West end US 212 at the Northeast Entrance Station of Yellowstone National Park
Major intersections WYO 296 near Beartooth Lake
East end US 212 / MT 78 in Red Lodge
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMontana
Highway system
Approaching Beartooth Pass from the east
Elevation10,947 ft (3,337 m)
Traversed by US 212
LocationWyoming, United States
RangeBeartooth Mountains
Coordinates44°58.1′N 109°27.9′W / 44.9683°N 109.4650°W / 44.9683; -109.4650
Beartooth Pass is located in the United States
Beartooth Pass
Location in the United States
Beartooth Pass is located in Wyoming
Beartooth Pass
Location in Wyoming

The Beartooth Highway is an All-American Road in the western United States on a section of U.S. Route 212 in Montana and Wyoming between Red Lodge and the Northeast entrance of Yellowstone National Park. It crests at Beartooth Pass in Wyoming at 10,947 feet (3,337 m) above sea level, and was called "the most beautiful drive in America," by late CBS News correspondent Charles Kuralt.[2] Because of heavy snowfall at the top, the pass is usually open for about five months per year, from mid-May to mid-October, weather conditions permitting.[3]

  1. ^ "Beartooth Highway". America's Byways. Federal Highway Administration. Archived from the original on October 5, 2013. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
  2. ^ Kulbacki, Michael; McCauley, Bert & Moler, Steve (July–August 2006). "An Orphaned Highway". Public Roads. Federal Highway Administration. Archived from the original on September 17, 2008. Retrieved August 14, 2008.
  3. ^ Beartooth Highway Points of Interest, Red Lodge Montana Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved 2010-08-25.