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Highway 64 (MT 64) is a 9.039-mile (14.547 km) state highway in Madison and Gallatin counties in Montana, United States. that connects the Mountain Village area of Big Sky Resort to an intersection with U.S. Route 191 (US 191) in Gallatin Canyon, about 41 miles (66 km) south of Bozeman.
The route travels northward through the narrow canyon, past the resort community of Big Sky, then entering the Gallatin Valley near the town of Gallatin Gateway. US 191 travels north and east through the valley to the city of Bozeman, which is the largest city along the entire US 191 route. [1] [2]
The route travels northward through the narrow canyon, past the resort community of Big Sky, then entering the Gallatin Valley near the town of Gallatin Gateway, Montana. US 191 travels north and east through the valley to the city of Bozeman, which is the largest city along the entire US 191 route.
Big Sky is located along the western edge of Gallatin County and eastern edge of Madison County at (45.269940, -111.299725), [6] approximately midway between West Yellowstone and Bozeman on U.S. Highway 191 and 30 miles (48 km) from the northwestern border of Yellowstone National
Bozeman straddles east-west Interstate 90 and is approximately 85 miles (137 km) east of north–south Interstate 15 in Butte, Montana. U.S. Highway 191 runs south from Bozeman to Big Sky and West Yellowstone. Montana Highway 86 runs north alongside the Bridger Range to U.S. 89. Montana Highway 84 runs west to U.S. 287 in Norris.
US 191 leads north, then east 13 miles (21 km) to Bozeman and south 28 miles (45 km) to Big Sky. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the CDP has a total area of 5.9 square miles (15.4 km 2 ), of which 5.8 square miles (15.1 km 2 ) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.3 km 2 ), or 1.83%, is water.
Chet Huntley, founder of Big Sky Resort. The resort was founded by Montana native Chet Huntley, the retired co-anchorman of The Huntley–Brinkley Report of NBC News. [4] [5] Big Sky opened in December 1973, with its main base area at an elevation of 7,510 ft (2,290 m) above sea level, on the eastern face of the 11,167-foot (3,404 m) Lone Mountain, the sixty-seventh highest mountain in Montana ...
It flows northwest through Gallatin National Forest, past Big Sky, Montana, and joins the Jefferson and Madison approximately 30 mi (48 km) northwest of Bozeman. U.S. Highway 191 follows the river from the Wyoming border to just outside Bozeman. The river was named in July 1805 by Meriwether Lewis at Three Forks.