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.
- Length
- 68.7 mi / 110.6 km
- Time to allow
- Two hours to drive or three hours to experience the entire byway
- Fees
- None
Who looks after this road
- Montana Department of Transportation · their site
- Cooke City Chamber of Commerce · 406-838-2495 · their site
- Red Lodge Area Chamber of Commerce · 406-446-1718 · their site
- Buffalo Bill's Yellowstone Country · 800-393-2639 · their site
We publish 2 places that sit on this road, across 2 states, listed in the order you meet them. This is not a route and not a drive time — it is the names, so you can put them into whatever navigation you already use.
“Off” is a straight line from the place to the road, rounded. It is not a driving distance, and the road itself is a simplified centre line, so treat a mile or two as noise.
Yellowstone Wildlife SanctuaryMT1 mile offAnimals
Tours bookable online
- Hours
- summer: daily 10–4 except Tuesdays
- Season
- seasonal (summer hours; dates not shown)
Red Lodge MountainMT1 mile offSki or bike
Family resort near the Beartooth Highway
- Kind
- Ski Areas