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Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
Directions

Getting There

Plane
Logan International Airport in Billings, Montana for either North or South entrances.

Yellowstone Regional Airport in Cody, Wyoming for South entrance.

Private Planes - The 5U7 airstrip in Fort Smith, Montana is unattended and a day use VFR airstrip. There are mountains and power lines surrounding the airstrip. It is suggested that with winds permitting take off should be done on Runway 07 and landings on Runway 25.

Car
North Entrance - Fort Smith, Montana - Take Interstate 90 to Hardin, Montana. Turn on Highway 313 traveling 40 miles south to Fort Smith, Montana and the North entrance.

South entrance - near Lovell, Wyoming - From 14A turn north on Highway 37, continuing 9 miles to South entrance.

Public Transportation
None available.

Aerial view of Yellowtail Dam in Bighorn Canyon NRA  

Did You Know?
The arch-type Yellowtail Dam, named for Robert Yellowtail, rises 525 feet and creates one of the largest capacity reservoirs (1,375,000 acre-feet) on the tributary system of the Missouri River.
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Last Updated: July 27, 2006 at 15:04 EST