Craig Pass
The Continental Divide at the Craig Pass
Elevation2,518.3 m (8,262 ft)
Traversed byU.S. Route 191
LocationTeton County, Wyoming,
United States
Coordinates44°26′30″N 110°43′11″W / 44.44167°N 110.71972°W / 44.44167; -110.71972 (Craig Pass)[1]
Craig Pass is located in Wyoming
Craig Pass

Craig Pass (el.8,262 feet (2,518 m)), is a mountain pass located on the Continental Divide in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. The Grand Loop Road crosses the pass approximately 8 miles (13 km) east of Old Faithful Geyser.

The pass was named by Hiram Chittenden for Ida M. Craig (Wilcox), the daughter of a close friend, General James Craig. Ida Craig was purportedly the first tourist to cross the pass after it was completed in September, 1891.[2] Roads are usually open throughout the year, but they may be closed for a short time during winter when the weather is bad.

The small Isa Lake is located just west of the pass on the Grand Loop Road and is noted for striding the Continental Divide and draining into two different watersheds—the Atlantic via the Missouri River and the Pacific via the Snake River.

Notes

  1. ↑ "Craig Pass". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ Whittlesey, Lee (1988). Yellowstone Place Names. Helena, MT: Montana Historical Society Press. p. 39. ISBN 0-917298-15-2.
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