Best time to go
Beartooth Highway generally opens around Memorial Day and closes around October 15, weather permitting. Snow can linger at higher elevations into early or mid-July, so check road conditions before planning this stop.
Overview
About Montana-Wyoming State Line Sign
Why stop
- A simple marker for the Montana-Wyoming crossing on a high-country drive.
Heads up
- Only worth a pause if you’re already driving the pass.
Map
Where it is
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Full mapPlan your stop
Before you go
Best time to go
1 active Beartooth Highway alert
- ClosureBeartooth Highway seasonal closure and falling-rock advisoryBeartooth Highway (US-212) is closed for the season between Cooke City and Red Lodge; do not plan to travel the highway as a through route.Official details
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Beartooth Highway Tour Guide
Your drive to Montana-Wyoming State Line Sign, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Beartooth Highway. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
See the Beartooth Highway audio tourRecorded for this area
Line Creek Plateau Trailhead0:00 / 0:24
“You're approaching the highway trailhead for Line Creek Plateau, where the trail crosses open alpine tundra. The full route runs nearly eight miles one way to a backcountry junction, with no road pickup there.”
Plays on the road 0.2 mi from Montana-Wyoming State Line Sign in the Parkwolf Beartooth Highway Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- Twin Lakes Trailhead
- Twin Lakes Overlook
- Quad Creek Scenic Overlook
- A Pika’s Winter Pantry
- 62 audio storiesacross Beartooth Highway’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor Grizzly Bear, Gray Wolf, Bison, and 13 more
- Works offlinemaps, 82 trails, 36 places, and audio download before you lose signal
- CarPlay readysimple controls built for the drive
“Fantastic app with many points of information… It’s great to just turn on while you’re driving and it gives you an audio tour of the national Park. We love it!!!!”
Guide
More about Montana-Wyoming State Line Sign
A brief border stopThis is the Montana welcome sign on the Beartooth Highway near the Montana-Wyoming state-line…
This is the Montana welcome sign on the Beartooth Highway near the Montana-Wyoming state-line stop, about 24 road miles south of Red Lodge on US 212. It’s a quick roadside marker and photo pause; the high-country drive is the main event.
Keep it quickIt’s a sign, not a viewpoint or visitor facility, so I’d stop only if you’re already driving…
It’s a sign, not a viewpoint or visitor facility, so I’d stop only if you’re already driving the pass. A dedicated parking area isn’t confirmed; use a legal pull-off where you can get fully clear of traffic.
Frame the settingFor a photo, include the open slopes and ridge behind the sign; that gives this small marker…
For a photo, include the open slopes and ridge behind the sign; that gives this small marker the high-country context it needs.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Beartooth Highway
42 sightingsGrizzly BearMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
22 sightingsGray WolfMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
49 sightingsBisonMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
122 sightingsMooseMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
260 sightingsMountain GoatMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
16 sightingsBighorn SheepMost seen around 7 PMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Beartooth Highway. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
