Clarks Fork Yellowstone River

Clarks Fork Yellowstone River
River
Country	United States
State	Montana, Wyoming
Source	Beartooth Mountains
- location	45°02′33″N 109°53′42″W / 45.04250°N 109.89500°W[1]
Mouth	Laurel, Montana
- elevation	3,241 ft (988 m)
- coordinates	US 45°39′00″N 108°42′55″W / 45.65000°N 108.71528°WCoordinates: US 45°39′00″N 108°42′55″W / 45.65000°N 108.71528°W
Length	141 mi (227 km)

The Clarks Fork Yellowstone River (sometimes called the Clarks Fork River) is a tributary of the Yellowstone River, 150 mi (241 km) long in the U.S. states of Montana and Wyoming.^[2]

It rises in southern Montana, in the Gallatin National Forest in the Beartooth Mountains, approximately 4 mi (6 km) northeast of Cooke City and southwest of Granite Peak. It flows southeast into the Shoshone National Forest in northwest Wyoming, east of Yellowstone National Park, then northeast back into Montana. It passes Belfry, Bridger, Fromberg, and Edgar, and joins the Yellowstone approximately 2 mi (3 km) southeast of Laurel.

The Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone River should not be confused with the Clark Fork River, which is located in Montana and Idaho.

Images of Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone
Clark Fork Canyon, 1893  Inner Canyon, 1922

See also

• Montana Stream Access Law
• List of rivers of Montana
• List of Wyoming rivers

References

1. "Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
2. George William Sherk (2000), Dividing the Waters: The Resolution of Interstate Water Conflicts in the United States, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, ISBN 978-90-411-9819-8