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id: "2281"
name: Beartooth Highway
distance: "68.7"
duration: Two hours to drive or three hours to experience the entire byway
description: 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.
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websites:
  - url: https://www.thearmchairexplorer.com/wyoming/beartooth-highway.php
    name: The Armchair Explorer
attractions:
  - url: https://www.codychamber.org/
    name: Cody Country
  - url: https://cookecitychamber.org/
    name: Cooke City
  - url: https://www.fs.usda.gov/custergallatin
    name: Custer Gallatin National Forest
  - url: https://www.mdt.mt.gov/travinfo/beartooth/
    name: Montana Department of Transportation
  - url: https://visityellowstonecountry.com/
    name: Montana's Yellowstone Country
  - url: https://www.nps.gov/places/000/nez-perce-national-historic-trail.htm
    name: Nez Perce National Historical Trail
  - url: https://redlodge.com/beartooth-highway.asp
    name: Red Lodge Visitors Center
  - url: https://www.fs.usda.gov/shoshone/
    name: Shoshone National Forest
  - url: https://www.nps.gov/yell/index.htm
    name: Yellowstone National Park
designations:
  - All-American Road
  - National Forest Scenic Byway
states:
  - MT
  - WY
includes:
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  - "2167"
ll:
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  - 45.002889
bounds:
  - - -110.001509
    - 44.921169000000134
  - - -109.24674200004324
    - 45.18578000044664
books: "978-1426219054"

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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.