Beartooth Highway - Wyoming
Beartooth Highway - Wyoming is an All-American Road in Wyoming. Within Wyoming it covers roughly 35 miles. The map below shows its route. Use “Plan a drive” to open it in the Road Sorties route planner — already routing along Beartooth Highway - Wyoming with scenic roads turned on, ready to add your own stops.
US-212, the Beartooth Highway, is a designated All-American Road that climbs to 10,947 feet at Beartooth Pass on its run between Red Lodge, Montana and Cooke City near Yellowstone's northeast entrance. Often called one of the most beautiful drives in America, it crosses a vast alpine plateau of tundra, glacial lakes, and snowfields above the tree line, with switchbacks visible from miles away. The road opens only from late spring into early fall.
- Beartooth Pass (10,947 ft)
- alpine plateau & tundra
- glacial lakes
- Yellowstone NE entrance
- All-American Road
Designated for its scenic and natural qualities
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Places to stop along Beartooth Highway - Wyoming
Beartooth Basin Summer Ski Area
A rope-tow ski area on a snowfield above Twin Lakes, open in June and July, one of North America's few summer ski hills.
Gardner Lake Trailhead
The start of the Beartooth Loop trail and a viewpoint for the Bear's Tooth, the rock spire that named the range.
Beartooth Pass West Summit
The road's high point at 10,947 feet, with alpine tundra and snowbanks into summer. Storms can bring snow any month.
Top of the World Store
A long-running roadside store with gas, food, and a few rooms, high on the plateau.
Beartooth Lake
A lake beneath the sheer face of Beartooth Butte, with a campground and falls below its outlet bridge.
Clay Butte Lookout
A former fire tower up a gravel road, now a small visitor center with a 360-degree view.
Crazy Creek Cascade
A creek tumbling over granite ledges, a short walk from a roadside pullout.
Pilot and Index Peaks Overlook
A pullout facing two sharp peaks in the Absarokas, among the most photographed views on the road.
Where to Stay along Beartooth Highway - Wyoming
7 campgrounds and RV parks sit within about 5 miles of Beartooth Highway - Wyoming.
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What is an All-American Road?
All-American Roads are the top tier of America's National Scenic Byways. To earn the title a road has to be a destination in its own right — offering features so exceptional, across several intrinsic qualities (scenic, natural, historic, cultural, archaeological or recreational), that they can't be found anywhere else.