Clarks Fork Yellowstone River | |
Map: | Mt-rivers.gif |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Montana, Wyoming |
Length: | 141miles |
Discharge1 Avg: | 1142cuft/s[1] |
Source1: | Beartooth Mountains |
Source1 Location: | 45.0425°N -109.895°W[2] |
Mouth: | Laurel, Montana |
Mouth Coordinates: | 45.65°N -108.7153°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 3241feet |
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.
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.