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564  THE ROCKIES

Exploring the Rockies

The sheer vastness of the Rocky Mountains landscape and the relative
shortness of the tourism season means that visitors need to plan well
ahead. Many attractions on this 1,000-mile- (1,609-km-) long swath of
mountains are on such high elevations that they are inaccessible during
the long winter, with snow blocking roads from
late October until June. The heavy snowfalls, Calgary Regina
however, enhance the region’s phenomenal Glacier CANADA
winter sports, and Denver, the main city, is a National Park Cut Bank
prime starting point for most visitors. Driving is Sandpoint Libby • Havre
• • • Malta
the best way to explore the area, because public Pend Oreille 2 • Kalispell • Conrad • • 2 Missouri
Lake
NORTH
transportation is limited, and the national parks Flathead Flathead 15 87 191 Glasgow • Wolf D AK OT A
Lake
Point
and most of the other attractions are far away. Coeur Valley M i sso uri Fort Peck Sidney •
Lake
d'Alene 93 Great Falls
90 R MON T ANA Glendive Bismark
• Moscow Missoula • •
o Lewistown Yellowstone
Spokane • Lewiston Helena Musselshell 12
Key 12 93 c 94 • Miles Bowman
Highway Anaconda • Butte k Billings City 12
Big Hole National
Major road Battlefield y Hardin 212
•
Railroad Hells Canyon Salmon 15 Bozeman Yellowstone Little Bighorn Powder • Broadus
State border NRA •Dillon Virginia City Battlefield NM Devil's
International border Portland IDAHO 90 • Sheridan Tower NM Rapid
95 Yellowstone NP Cody 14 City
Sawtooth 20 •Buffalo 90
•
NRA 93 Gillette
Grand
Caldwell Teton NP M Bighorn
• Boise Sun Valley 26 Mountains Newcastle •
Sights at a Glance OREGON Snake 84 20 o • Thermopolis
Mountain Home • Craters of the Idaho Jackson u WYOMING SOUTH
Idaho Three Island Moon NM Falls DA KO T A
Crossing SP • 189 • Riverton 20 • Douglas
1 Coeur d’Alene Pocatello n
• Casper
2 Hells Canyon National Bruneau Dunes Twin Heyburn t 287 25 Guernsey
Recreation Area State Park Falls 191 a • Omaha
3 Salmon NEV ADA Gre en Rawlins Wheatland
4 Sawtooth National Wyoming Ely Salt Lake • • i 80 • Laramie NEBRASKA
Recreation Area d Cody City Evanston Green Rock n North Platte Lincoln
Springs
• River Cheyenne
5 Boise f Yellowstone National Park
Fort
6 Sun Valley pp576–7 Salt Lake s Collins S outh Platte
• Sterling
City
7 Three Island Crossing State Park g Jackson Craig • Rocky Mtn NP • • Greeley 76
8 Bruneau Dunes State Park h Grand Teton National Park p575 UTAH 40 W hite 13 Boulder
9 Twin Falls j Bighorn Mountains Idaho Springs Denver 36
0 Craters of the Moon k Devil’s Tower National 70 & Georgetown Denver Burlington
National Monument Monument Colorado Colorado Golden 24 • • Kansas
NM
q Idaho Falls l Casper Ski Resorts Manitou Limon 70 City
Springs
z Guernsey Black Canyon of Colorado Springs
Montana x Laramie the Gunnison NP Cripple Creek Garden
City
w Big Hole National Battlefield c Cheyenne Montrose • Cañon • Pueblo 50
City
e Missoula COLORADO 25 • La Junta • Lamar
r Flathead Valley Colorado £ Colorado Ski Resorts pp586–7 Ouray Great Sand
Dunes NP & Preserve
t Glacier National Park p571 v Denver pp580–81 $ Great Sand Dunes National Cortez 160 •
y Great Falls b Boulder Park & Preserve • Durango Alamosa • Trinidad
Mesa
u Helena n Golden % Durango Verde NP NEW MEXICO
i Butte m Idaho Springs & Georgetown ^ Mesa Verde National Park Santa Fe Albuquerque
o Bozeman , Rocky Mountain National Park & Ouray
p Virginia City . Manitou Springs * Black Canyon of the
a Billings / Colorado Springs Gunnison National Park
s Little Bighorn Battlefield ! Cripple Creek ( Colorado National
National Monument @ Cañon City Monument
For map symbols see back flap
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