Clarks Fork Yellowstone River

45°02′33″N 109°53′42″W / 45.04250°N 109.89500°W / 45.04250; -109.89500 (Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone)^[1] MouthLaurel, Montana45°39′00″N 108°42′55″W / 45.65000°N 108.71528°W / 45.65000; -108.715283,241 ft (988 m)Length141 mi (227 km)Discharge  • locationnear Silesia • average1,142 cu ft/s (32.3 m³/s)^[2] TypeWildDesignatedNovember 28, 1990

The Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone River (sometimes called the Clark's Fork River) is a tributary of the Yellowstone River, 150 mi (241 km) long in the U.S. states of Montana and Wyoming.^[3]

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.

See also

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

References