The Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone River (sometimes called the Clark's Fork River) is a tributary of the
Yellowstone River
The Yellowstone River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately long, in the Western United States. Considered the principal tributary of the upper Missouri, via its own tributaries it drains an area with headwaters across the mountain ...
, 150 mi (241 km) long in the
U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its so ...
s of
Montana
Montana ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota to the east, South Dakota to the southeast, Wyoming to the south, an ...
and
Wyoming
Wyoming ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States, Western United States. It borders Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho t ...
.
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
Yellowstone National Park is a List of national parks of the United States, national park of the United States located in the northwest corner of Wyoming, with small portions extending into Montana and Idaho. It was established by the 42nd U ...
, then northeast back into Montana. It passes
Belfry,
Bridger,
Fromberg, and
Edgar
Edgar is a commonly used masculine English given name, from an Anglo-Saxon name ''Edgar'' (composed of ''wikt:en:ead, ead'' "rich, prosperous" and ''Gar (spear), gar'' "spear").
Like most Anglo-Saxon names, it fell out of use by the Late Midd ...
, and joins the Yellowstone approximately 2 mi (3 km) southeast of
Laurel.
See also
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Montana Stream Access Law
The Montana Stream Access Law says that angling, anglers, Canoeing, floaters and other recreationists in Montana have full use of most natural waterways between the high-water marks for fishing and floating, along with human swimming, swimming an ...
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List of rivers of Montana
The following is a partial list of rivers of Montana (U.S. state).
East of Continental Divide
Water in these rivers flows east and south from the Continental Divide of the Americas, also known as the Great Divide, into the Gulf of Mexico via t ...
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List of Wyoming rivers
References
Rivers of Montana
Rivers of Wyoming
Rivers of Park County, Montana
Rivers of Carbon County, Montana
Tributaries of the Yellowstone River
Wild and Scenic Rivers of the United States
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