| Targhee Pass | |
|---|---|
  Targhee Pass Location in the United States | |
| Elevation | 7,072 ft (2,156 m) |
| Traversed by | US 20 |
| Location | Fremont County, Idaho / Gallatin County, Montana, U.S. |
| Range | Rocky Mountains |
| Coordinates | 44°40′29″N 111°16′33″W / 44.67472°N 111.27583°W[1] |
| Topo map | USGS Targhee Pass |
Targhee Pass is a mountain pass in the western United States on the Continental Divide. It is located along the border between southeastern Idaho and southwestern Montana, in the Henrys Lake Mountains at an elevation of 7,072 feet (2,156 m) above sea level. The pass is named for a Bannock chief.[2]
U.S. Highway 20 (US 20) crosses the pass, approximately fifteen miles (24 km) west of West Yellowstone, on the western boundary of Yellowstone National Park. The pass provides the most direct access to the park from southern Idaho.
The pass is located in the Caribou–Targhee National Forest. Henrys Lake, the headwaters of the Henrys Fork, a tributary of the Snake River is located just west of the pass. Hebgen Lake, a reservoir on the Madison River, a tributary of the Missouri River, is located just north of the pass.
- ^ "Targhee Pass". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Rees, John E. (1918). Idaho Chronology, Nomenclature, Bibliography. W.B. Conkey Company. p. 115.