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Yellowstone National Park is a national park of the United States located in the northwest corner of Wyoming and extending into Montana and Idaho. It was established by the 42nd U.S. Congress through the Yellowstone National Park Protection Act and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1872.
U.S. Route 20 (US 20) is a transcontinental east–west U.S. Highway that travels between Newport, Oregon, and Boston, Massachusetts.It passes through southern Montana for approximately 10 miles (16 km), connecting Targhee Pass at the Idaho state line to the town of West Yellowstone and the West Entrance of Yellowstone National Park near the Wyoming border.
Precipitation runoff from the mountain's slopes drains into Hellroaring Creek which is a tributary of the Yellowstone River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 2,200 feet (671 meters) above the creek in 0.6 miles (0.97 km) and 2,750 feet (838 meters) above the river in 2.3 miles (3.7 km).
There are two national parks located in the U.S. state of Montana managed by the National Park Service: Glacier National Park and Yellowstone National Park. [1] Yellowstone National Park is one of three national parks to be located in more than one state and the only national park to be located in three states, the other two being Wyoming and ...
Mountain Ranges of Yellowstone. Yellowstone National Park, located primarily in the U.S. state of Wyoming, though the park also extends into Montana and Idaho and its Mountains and Mountain Ranges are part of the Rocky Mountains. There are at least 70 named mountain peaks over 8,000 feet (2,400 m) in Yellowstone in four mountain ranges. Two of ...
US 287 north of Yellowstone National Park. US 287 in Montana begins at the West Entrance of Yellowstone National Park in West Yellowstone, terminating a concurrency with US 20. US 287 and US 191 split north of the town. US 287 heads toward the northwest, merging with Montana Highway 2 (MT 2) north of Sappington, and running northeast. At I-90 ...
Location mi [1] km Destinations Notes; Montana: Park: Yellowstone National Park: 0.00: 0.00: US 212 west (Northeast Entrance Road) Northeast Entrance Station; western end of US 212 concurrency; continuation beyond western terminus: Wyoming: Park 17.7: 28.5: Chief Joseph Scenic Byway : Western terminus of Chief Joseph Scenic Byway 32.8: 52.8 ...
Montana: Gallatin: Yellowstone National Park: −2.1: −3.4: West Entrance Road: Continuation into Wyoming; US 20 resumes at Yellowstone National Park's East Entrance; US 191/US 287 resume at the park's South Entrance: 0.000: 0.000: Yellowstone National Park West Entrance: Southern end of state maintenance of US 20/US 191/US 287 concurrency ...