Scenic pullout · Beartooth Highway
Two alpine lakes, seen from above without a hike.
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The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Beartooth Highway Tour Guide
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.
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Twin Lakes Overlook“Twin Lakes Overlook is ahead, with two alpine lakes spread out below the highway. This is a quick stop for the mountain-basin view, without a hike down to the water.”
Plays as you drive up to Twin Lakes Overlook in the Parkwolf Beartooth Highway Tour Guide.
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Twin Lakes Overlook is a small gravel layby on US 212 above two alpine lakes near the Montana-Wyoming line. The main payoff is right at the turnout: a wide view over the lakes and their rocky mountain basin. It's a worthwhile brief pause on the Beartooth Highway if you want the panorama without taking time for a separate walk to the shore. For a photo, keep the rocky foreground and ridges around the lakes in frame; a tight crop of the water loses the scale of the basin.
The pullout is unmarked and easy to pass. If you're driving from Red Lodge toward Yellowstone, watch around the state line for the small gravel layby. This is a short roadside stop, not the lakeshore trail; you don't have to hike down to get the overlook's view.
Wildlife
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.
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ChallengingDeep Lake Trail15 mi · 10 hr · 0.5 mi awayA hard 15-mile descent and climb to a cliff-ringed alpine lake.
ModerateTwin Lakes Trail1.7 mi · 1.5 hr · 0.9 mi awayA high-country descent to Twin Lakes, then a steep climb back.
ChallengingLine Creek Plateau Trail7.9 mi · 5 hr · 1.6 mi awayA long, exposed crossing over open alpine tundra.
ModerateGardner Lake Trail1.6 mi · 1.3 hr · 1.6 mi awayA short lake walk with a steep climb back out.ChallengingBeartooth Loop National Recreation Trail10.9 mi · 5.5 hr · 1.7 mi awayA high-country loop joining Gardner Lake and the steep Beartooth headwall.
ModerateHellroaring Plateau Trail5.8 mi · 4 hr · 3.6 mi awayFollow an old road to a talus overlook above Shelf Lake.
ChallengingGlacier Lake Trail4.4 mi · 3.3 hr · 4.4 mi awayA steep climb to an alpine lake tucked into the Beartooths.
EasyGreenough Lake Trail #103.10.4 mi · 20 min · 4.5 mi awayA quick, gentle walk to a Beartooth lake.
Sight · 1 mi awayBeartooth Basin Summer Ski AreaSummer skiing on a steep high-alpine headwall.
Sight · 1.4 mi awayMontana-Wyoming State Line SignA quick state-line sign stop on the seasonal Beartooth Highway.
Scenic pullout · 1.7 mi awayGardner Lake OverlookA broad roadside lake view; the shore means a steep climb back.
Sight · 2.7 mi awayBeartooth Pass VistaA high-alpine summit stop for open views, lingering snow and wildflowers.
Scenic pullout · 2.8 mi awayQuad Creek Scenic OverlookThe highway curls below you across a wide mountain valley.
Campground · 3.4 mi awayM-K CampgroundA free creekside campground near Beartooth Highway hikes.
Sight · 3.9 mi awayRock Creek Vista PointA short paved path opens onto a huge glacial valley.
Campground · 4.7 mi awayGreenough Lake CampgroundCreekside camping, with Greenough Lake a short walk away.Parkwolf’s Beartooth Highway ranking
The audio tour guide for the drive, plus offline maps, trails, and wildlife heatmaps for when the signal drops.
