Route Overview
One of America's most scenic drives, climbing to 10,947 feet through alpine tundra above Red Lodge.
Distance
68 mi
Elevation Range
5,200–10,947 ft
Difficulty
challenging
Season
Late May – mid October
Start
Interactive Map
Hot SpringsCampgroundsHiking TrailsRecreationRoute
Points of Interest
208 points of interest along the Beartooth Highway corridor.
⛺ Campgrounds (3)
Perry's RV Park and Campground
Directions →★★★★½ 4.6 (205 reviews)
Red Lodge KOA Journey
Directions →★★★★ 4.3 (322 reviews)
0.1 mi from route
Cooney Reservoir
Directions →★★★★ 4.3 (275 reviews)
5 mi from route
🥾 Hiking Trails (1)
Glacier Lake Trailhead (Red Lodge)
Directions →★★★★★ 5.0 (33 reviews)
🏔️ Recreation (204)
Carbon County Museum
Directions →Big Moose Lake
Directions →0.1 mi from route
Cooke City Chamber of Commerce
Directions →0.1 mi from route
Cooke City Montana Museum
Directions →0.1 mi from route
Copeland Lake
Directions →0.2 mi from route
Thiel Lake
Directions →0.3 mi from route
Reed Lake
Directions →0.3 mi from route
Greenough Lake
Directions →0.4 mi from route
Beartooth Highway
Directions →0.4 mi from route
Abandoned Lake
Directions →0.4 mi from route
Vernon Lake
Directions →0.4 mi from route
Erma Number 1 Mine
Directions →0.5 mi from route
Burnt Bacon Lake
Directions →0.6 mi from route
Albino Lake
Directions →0.7 mi from route
Throop Lake
Directions →0.7 mi from route
Widewater Lake
Directions →0.7 mi from route
Margaret Lake
Directions →0.9 mi from route
Sheep Lake
Directions →1 mi from route
Lillis Lake
Directions →1 mi from route
North Hidden Lake
Directions →1.1 mi from route
Pat Lake
Directions →1.3 mi from route
Heart Lake
Directions →1.4 mi from route
Kidney Lake
Directions →1.4 mi from route
Whitcomb Lake
Directions →1.4 mi from route
Shrew Lake
Directions →1.4 mi from route
Shelf Lake
Directions →1.6 mi from route
Liver Lake
Directions →1.6 mi from route
Spogen Lake
Directions →1.6 mi from route
Red Storm Lake
Directions →1.6 mi from route
Line Lake
Directions →1.7 mi from route
Wright Lake
Directions →1.7 mi from route
Fox Lake
Directions →1.7 mi from route
Kersey Lake
Directions →1.7 mi from route
Fritter Lake
Directions →1.8 mi from route
Trail Lake
Directions →1.9 mi from route
Frosty Lake
Directions →2 mi from route
Arrowhead Lake
Directions →2 mi from route
Rachel Lake
Directions →2 mi from route
Jenny Lake
Directions →2 mi from route
Farley Lake
Directions →2.2 mi from route
Rydberg Lake
Directions →2.3 mi from route
Moon Lake
Directions →2.3 mi from route
Hatchet Lake
Directions →2.3 mi from route
Sliderock Lake
Directions →2.4 mi from route
Ghost Lake
Directions →2.5 mi from route
Daly Lake
Directions →2.6 mi from route
Smethurst Lake
Directions →2.6 mi from route
Triskele Lake
Directions →2.6 mi from route
Elk Horn Lake
Directions →2.7 mi from route
Hellroaring Lake
Directions →2.7 mi from route
Broadwater Meadow Lake
Directions →2.8 mi from route
Hairpin Lake
Directions →2.9 mi from route
Silver Tarn
Directions →2.9 mi from route
Two Bits Lake
Directions →2.9 mi from route
Jorden Lake
Directions →2.9 mi from route
Shrimp Lake
Directions →3.2 mi from route
Lone Lake
Directions →3.2 mi from route
Picket Lake
Directions →3.3 mi from route
Dollar Lake
Directions →3.3 mi from route
Curl Lake
Directions →3.4 mi from route
Alp Lake
Directions →3.5 mi from route
Widowed Lake
Directions →3.5 mi from route
Indian Knife Lake
Directions →3.5 mi from route
Otter Lake
Directions →3.5 mi from route
Sedge Lake
Directions →3.5 mi from route
Snail Lake
Directions →3.6 mi from route
Marsh Lake
Directions →3.6 mi from route
Erratic Lake
Directions →3.7 mi from route
Triangle Lake
Directions →3.7 mi from route
Swamp Lake
Directions →3.7 mi from route
Wiedy Lake
Directions →3.7 mi from route
High Pass Lake
Directions →3.8 mi from route
Robble Lake
Directions →3.8 mi from route
Planaria Lake
Directions →3.8 mi from route
Red Lodge Mountain
Directions →3.9 mi from route
Till Lake
Directions →3.9 mi from route
Gravel Lake
Directions →4 mi from route
Big Butte Lake
Directions →4 mi from route
Rock Tree Lake
Directions →4 mi from route
Russell Lake
Directions →4 mi from route
Broadwater Lake
Directions →4.1 mi from route
Lady of the Lake
Directions →4.1 mi from route
Corner Lake
Directions →4.1 mi from route
Sky Pilot Lake
Directions →4.2 mi from route
Z Lake
Directions →4.2 mi from route
Little Molar Lake
Directions →4.2 mi from route
Round Lake
Directions →4.2 mi from route
Wand Lake
Directions →4.3 mi from route
Ovis Lake
Directions →4.3 mi from route
Desolation Lake
Directions →4.4 mi from route
Wild Bill Lake
Directions →4.5 mi from route
Black Canyon Lake
Directions →4.5 mi from route
Copepod Lake
Directions →4.6 mi from route
Cradle Lake
Directions →4.6 mi from route
Nymph Lake
Directions →4.6 mi from route
Long Lake
Directions →4.6 mi from route
Cladocera Lake
Directions →4.8 mi from route
Bob Lake
Directions →4.8 mi from route
Companion Lake
Directions →4.8 mi from route
Dick Lake
Directions →4.8 mi from route
Lower Basin Creek Lake
Directions →4.9 mi from route
Gallery Lake
Directions →4.9 mi from route
Basin Creek Lake
Directions →5 mi from route
Ouzel Lake
Directions →5 mi from route
Mutt Lake
Directions →5.1 mi from route
Molar Lake
Directions →5.2 mi from route
Second Rock Lake
Directions →5.3 mi from route
Varve Lake
Directions →5.3 mi from route
Washtub Lake
Directions →5.3 mi from route
Astral Lake
Directions →5.5 mi from route
Navajo Tarn
Directions →5.6 mi from route
Sodalite Lake
Directions →5.6 mi from route
Panhandle Lake
Directions →5.6 mi from route
Star Dust Lake
Directions →5.6 mi from route
First Rock Lake
Directions →5.7 mi from route
Skull Lake
Directions →5.7 mi from route
Peanut Lake
Directions →5.7 mi from route
Keyser Brown Lake
Directions →5.8 mi from route
Surprise Lake
Directions →5.8 mi from route
Little Green Lake
Directions →5.8 mi from route
Anvil Lake
Directions →5.8 mi from route
Elpestrine Lake
Directions →5.9 mi from route
Fulcrum Lake
Directions →5.9 mi from route
Weasel Lake
Directions →5.9 mi from route
Splinter Lake
Directions →6 mi from route
Wall Lake
Directions →6 mi from route
Omega Lake
Directions →6.1 mi from route
Stash Lake
Directions →6.1 mi from route
Snow Lake
Directions →6.2 mi from route
Beauty Lake
Directions →6.3 mi from route
Silver Run Lakes
Directions →6.5 mi from route
Glissade Lake
Directions →6.5 mi from route
Paddle Lake
Directions →6.5 mi from route
Pneumonia Lake
Directions →6.5 mi from route
September Morn Lake
Directions →6.6 mi from route
No Bones Lake
Directions →6.6 mi from route
Falls Creek Lake
Directions →6.7 mi from route
Snowbank Lake
Directions →6.7 mi from route
Sourdough Lake
Directions →6.8 mi from route
Production Lake
Directions →6.9 mi from route
Goose Lake
Directions →6.9 mi from route
Spider Lake
Directions →7.1 mi from route
Summit Lake
Directions →7.2 mi from route
Sundance Lake
Directions →7.3 mi from route
Little Scat Lake
Directions →7.3 mi from route
Timberline Lake
Directions →7.4 mi from route
Scat Lake
Directions →7.4 mi from route
Vogel Lake
Directions →7.4 mi from route
Oly Lake
Directions →7.4 mi from route
Looking Glass Lake
Directions →7.4 mi from route
Shelter Lake
Directions →7.5 mi from route
Marker Lake
Directions →7.6 mi from route
Zimmer Lake
Directions →7.6 mi from route
Little Goose Lake
Directions →7.6 mi from route
Twin Outlets Lake
Directions →7.7 mi from route
Ship Lake
Directions →7.8 mi from route
Martin Lake
Directions →7.8 mi from route
Duggan Lake
Directions →7.9 mi from route
Impasse Falls
Directions →7.9 mi from route
Leaky Raft Lake
Directions →7.9 mi from route
Cavity Lake
Directions →8.1 mi from route
Kookoo Lake
Directions →8.2 mi from route
Bowback Lake
Directions →8.2 mi from route
Incisor Lake
Directions →8.2 mi from route
Elephant Lake
Directions →8.3 mi from route
Wrong Lake
Directions →8.3 mi from route
Big Park Lake
Directions →8.4 mi from route
Upper Aero Lake
Directions →8.5 mi from route
Glacier Green Lake
Directions →8.7 mi from route
Calamity Falls
Directions →9 mi from route
Sentinel Falls
Directions →9.1 mi from route
Dude Lake
Directions →9.2 mi from route
Senal Lake
Directions →9.3 mi from route
Wolf Voice Lake
Directions →9.6 mi from route
Rimrock Lake
Directions →9.8 mi from route
Knott Lake
Directions →10.2 mi from route
Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness
Directions →10.5 mi from route
Clarks Fork Valley Museum
Directions →10.6 mi from route
Lowary Lake
Directions →10.6 mi from route
Cooney State Park
Directions →10.8 mi from route
La Velle Lake
Directions →10.8 mi from route
Star Lake
Directions →11.1 mi from route
Lower Arch Lake
Directions →11.2 mi from route
Kid Lake
Directions →11.2 mi from route
Big Foot Lake
Directions →11.6 mi from route
Crow Lake
Directions →11.7 mi from route
Little Arch Lake
Directions →11.8 mi from route
Brent Lake
Directions →11.8 mi from route
Upper Corkscrew Lake
Directions →11.8 mi from route
Eedica Lake
Directions →12 mi from route
Froze-to-Death Lake
Directions →12.3 mi from route
Avalanche Lake
Directions →12.4 mi from route
Corkscrew Lake
Directions →12.4 mi from route
Cold Lake
Directions →13.1 mi from route
Nugget Lake
Directions →13.2 mi from route
East Rosebud Lake
Directions →13.3 mi from route
Shadow Lake
Directions →13.3 mi from route
Princess Lake
Directions →13.5 mi from route
Brown Lake
Directions →13.5 mi from route
Beckwourth Lake
Directions →13.5 mi from route
Frenco Lake
Directions →13.8 mi from route
Hidden Lake
Directions →13.9 mi from route
Huckleberry Lake
Directions →14.3 mi from route
Memidgi Lake
Directions →14.8 mi from route
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