Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.
“The Beartooth Highway is an All-American Road in the western United States on a section of U.S. Route 212 in Montana and Wyoming between Red Lodge and the Northeast entrance of Yellowstone National Park.”
Wikipedia article Beartooth Highway, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 81 National Register listings published here for Carbon County · listed in 2014 · category: District.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Red Lodge-Cooke City Approach Road Historic District between 1992 and 2018, burning about 139 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | RACHEL LODGE |
| 26 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.7 acres | Custer Gallatin National Forest | BEARTRACK |
| 19 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Custer Gallatin National Forest | HELL ROARING |
| 1 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | VISTA POINT |
| 1 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | not named |
| 9 August 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | HELLROARING LAKE |
| 6 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | GRASS CREEK |
| 30 August 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | ENDURO |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Red Lodge-Cooke City Approach Road Historic District: 6 past producers, 5 prospects, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Chromium, Copper, Uranium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. R. Discovery | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Rearguard | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Bluebird No. 2 Claim | Chromium | Occurrence | ||
| Drill Claim | Chromium | Past Producer | ||
| Edsel Group | Chromium | Prospect | ||
| Four Chromes | Chromium | Prospect | ||
| Gallon Jug No 4 | Chromium | Past Producer | ||
| Gallon Jug Nos 1 & 2 | Chromium | Past Producer | ||
| Highline Group | Chromium | Past Producer | ||
| Little Nell Group | Chromium | Prospect |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Red Lodge, the town this property stands in, in 19 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 11 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 2 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1998 | Wildfire | Red Lodge | $525,000 | Dry lightning set off a wildfire which burned 133 acres near the Parkside Campground in the Beartooth National Forest. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Lodge | $50,000 | A chemical storage shed was blown apart. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Red Lodge | - | Mostly pea to half inch hail with a few quarter size hailstones mixed in. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Red Lodge | - | Hail Report. |
| June 2022 | Flood | Red Lodge | - | Please see Episode Narrative for information regarding this multi-county historic flood event. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Red Lodge | - | Streets flooded and manholes overflowed in downtown Red Lodge. |
| July 2011 | Flash Flood | Red Lodge | - | Red Lodge fire chief reported water one foot deep flowing down the streets. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Lodge | - | An estimated thunderstorm wind gust of 70 mph resulting in damage to a ranger station roof was reported in Red Lodge. |
| May 2005 | Heavy Rain | Red Lodge | - | 4.40 inches of rain 5W Red Lodge (Cole Creek Snotel 24-hour total) |
| May 2005 | Heavy Rain | Red Lodge | - | 6.99 inches of rain in Red Lodge |
| June 2004 | Hail | Red Lodge | - | Campground south of Red Lodge |
| May 1999 | Hail | Red Lodge | - | Golf ball size hail was reported by Carbon County Sheriff's dispatch. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Red Lodge | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Red Lodge | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Red Lodge | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Red Lodge | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Red Lodge | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Red Lodge | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Red Lodge | - | no account filed |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 14000219 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Carbon County | All 81 listed properties in this county. |
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