Beartooth Highway
Department of Transportation.
Providing visitors access to Yellowstone Park's northeast entrance, the Beartooth Highway makes its way across the rugged Beartooth Mountain Range in Montana and Wyoming. The road is the highest elevation highway in the Northern Rockies and provides dramatic views, unlimited outdoor recreation opportunities, and unparalleled wildlife watching.
Directions
Getting to the Byway:
Billings, MT
- Take I-90 southwest to Laurel.
- Get on US-212 and go southwest to Red Lodge where the byway begins.
Bozeman, MT
- Take I-90 east to Livingston.
- Exit onto US-89 and go south to Mammoth in Yellowstone National Park.
- On Grand Loop Rd., go east to Tower Junction.
- Take NE Entrance Rd. east to Montana where it becomes US-212, the Beartooth Highway.
Cody, WY
- Take WY-120 north and go west on WY-296
- Continue along WY-296 until you reach US-212 (the byway).
Navigating the Byway:
* From Red Lodge, Montana, visitors will travel south on US
Highway 212, the Beartooth All-American Road, and continue for the next 68.7 miles along the full length of the Beartooth Highway to the northeast entrance to Yellowstone National Park. Red Lodge is easily accessible from Interstate 90, which traverses the southern portion of Montana. Exit 367 at Laurel, Montana, will lead visitors
to Red Lodge.
* From Cody, Wyoming, visitors will travel north on WY 120 for 17 miles to the junction of WY 120 and WY 296 - the beautiful Chief Joseph Scenic Highway. Follow WY 296 for 47 miles to its intersection with The Beartooth All-American Road - US Highway 212. A right hand turn at the intersection will take visitors to the Beartooth Plateau and down the Beartooth Highway "switchbacks" into historic Red Lodge, Montana. A left turn leads visitors to Cooke City and Silver Gate, Montana, and the northeast entrance to Yellowstone National Park.
* From the Cooke City, Montana area, visitors who leave
Yellowstone National Park through the northeast entrance will find themselves on the Beartooth All-American Road. The Road travels through the historic mining communities of Silver Gate and Cooke City, Montana, and continues on for 68 breathtaking miles past the Beartooth-Absaroka Wilderness and over the Beartooth Plateau at an elevation of 10,970 feet and to Red Lodge, Montana. 17 miles from Cooke City, visitors will find the junction of US 212 and WY 296 -
the beautiful Chief Joseph Scenic Highway that leads south to Cody,
Wyoming.
