Eastern Mojave Vegetation US Highway 287  
 

Tom Schweich  

Home Page  From Choteau, Montana, 100 miles (161 km) south of the Canadian border, at an intersection with U.S. Route 89, to Port Arthur, Texas at an intersection with State Highway 87, five miles (8 km) up the Sabine River from the Gulf of Mexico.

 

   

Choteau

Junction: US Highway 89

Northern End of Highway

  Junction: US Interstate 90

Other articles:
• West Entrance Road:  West Entrance;  

Junction: West Entrance Road
Yellowstone National Park below …

 

 

Locations: Yellowstone National Park.  

Yellowstone National Park

In Yellowstone National Park, US Highways are unnumbered. Therefore a gap exists in US Highway 287.

Other articles:
• South Entrance Road:   at S. Entrance;  

Yellowstone National Park above …

Junction: South Entrance Road

Other articles:
• Field Notes:   18 Aug 2011;
• US Hwy 26:   at Oxbow Bend;

Locations: Oxbow Bend.
Full Size ImageThe view from Oxbow Bend Turnout  

Oxbow Bend.

 

Other articles:
• US Hwy 26:   at Moran Jct;
• U. S. Hwy 89:   at US Hwy 287;  

Moran Junction

Junction: US Highways 26, 89, and 191.

At Moran Junction, US Highways 89, 191, and 287 go north through Yellowstone National Park. US Highways 26, 89, and 191 go south through Jackson and along the Snake River. US Highways 26 and 287 go southeast through the Wind River Range. See US Highway 26 for commentary on that part of the shared route.

Other articles:
• US Hwy 26:   at US 287 SE;  

US Highways 26 and 287 are concurrent from here northwest (above) to Moran Junction.

Junction: US Highway 26

 

Intersection: 4th Street

 

 

Locations: Lander.  

Lander

 
 

Intersection: 3rd Street

Other articles:
• Field Notes:  Wednesday, September 5th;
Full Size ImageThe former feed mill in Lander, now a bicycle shop.  

Intersecton: 1st Street

Other articles:
• Wyoming Highway 789:   near Lander;  

Junction: WY Highway 789, northeast to Riverton, or jointly southeast to US I-80 at Rawlins.

Other articles:
• WY 28:   at US 287;  

Junction: Wyoming Highway 28

Wyoming Highway 28 (WYO 28) is a 96.5-mile (155.3 km) long Wyoming state highway known as the South Pass Highway. It travels from its split from Wyoming Highway 372 near the Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge, across the high plains and over South Pass until its junction with U.S. Route 287 8 miles (13 km) south of Lander.

Other articles:
• WY Highway 135:   at Sweetwater;  

Junction: Wyoming 135, shortcut to Riverton.

   

Sweetwater Station Rest Area

 

 

 

Locations: Sweetwater Station.  

Sweetwater Station

 

Locations: Sweetwater River.  

Cross Sweetwater River

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Notes on Senecio spartioides;  

Jeffrey City

Jeffrey City is the closest currrent location to Fremont's 1842 Cache Broad Camp on the Sweetwater River. It is here that he collected the type of Senecio spartioides on August 21, 1842.

Other articles:
• Wyoming Highway 220:   at US Hwy 287;  

Junction: Wyoming 220, to Caspar
 
Great Divide Basin below …
  Great Divide Basin above …

Other articles:
• Interstate 80:   at US Hwy 30 Bus;  

Junction: US Interstate 80, Rawlins exit (Exit 215), just east of Rawlins.
 

US Highway 287 is concurrent with US Interstate 80 from Exit 215 near Rawlins to Exit 235 near Walcott.

Other articles:
• Interstate 80:   at US Hwy 287;  

Junction: US Interstate 80, at its Exit 235.

   

Medicine Bow

Junction: Wyoming Highway 487, Utah Street, north to Caspar.

Other articles:
• Interstate 80:   at US Hwy 287;  

Junction: US Interstate 80, at its Exit 313 in Laramie. US Highway 287 having passed through Medicine Bow with US Highway 30, now crosses US Interstate 80 enroute to Fort Collins.
 

Wyoming above …


Colorado below …

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Hymenopappus filifolius Hook. var. polycephalus;

Locations: Dale Creek.  

Cross Dale Creek

 

   

Virginia Dale

 

 

 

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Hymenopappus filifolius Hook. var. polycephalus;

Locations: Livermore.  

Livermore

Junction: W. County Road 74E, west to Red Feather Lakes.

Other articles:
• County Road 80C:   at US 287;  

Junction: County Road 80C “Cherokee Park Road”, west through Cherokee Park and through the Laramie Mountains, to the valley of the Laramie River.

Other articles:
• Colorado State Highway 14:  at US 287 N;  

Junction: Colorado State Highway 14, west to Walden.

Other articles:
• Colorado State Highway 14:   at BNSF Xing;
• Field Notes:   18 Jun 2018;
Full Size ImageBNSF 5264 and NS 9580 lead a string of hoppers through downtown Fort Collins.
Full Size ImageBNSF 7648 and BNSF 5540 bring up the rear on a string of hopper cars.  

Cross BNSF Railroad.

Other articles:
• Colorado State Highway 14:   at US 287 S;  

Junction: Colorado State Highway 14, east to Sterling.

 

 

Locations: Fort Collins.  

Fort Collins

 

Other articles:
• Interstate 70:   at Federal Blvd;  

Junction: US Interstate 70

 

 

Locations: Limon.  

Limon

 

Other articles:
• Interstate 70:   Exit 363;  

Junction: US Interstate 70, just east of Limon.
  Junction: Colorado Highway 59

 

   

Kit Carson

 

Other articles:
• US Hwy 40:   near Kit Carson;  

Junction: US Highway 40, east.

Other articles:
• Colorado Highway 196:   at US Hwy 287 N;  

Junction: Colorado Highway 96, west to Pueblo.

 

   

Eads

 

Other articles:
• Colorado Highway 196:   at US Hwy 287 S;  

Junction: Colorado Highway 96, east to Chivington, Brandon, Sheridan Lake, Towner, and Kansas.

Other articles:
• County Road RR:   at US 287;  

Junction:
  • Colorado Highway 116
  • County Road RR, west.

Other articles:
• U. S. Highway 50:   w. of Lamar;  

Junction: US Highway 50, west to Las Animas, La Junta, and Pueblo.

 

 

Other articles:
• U. S. Highway 50:   central Lamar;

Locations: Lamar.  

Lamar

Junction:
  • Olive Street, east and west in Lamar.
  • US Highway 50, east to Kansas.
  • US Highway 385, north to Deadwood, South Dakota, or south to Big Bend National Park, Texas.
  Colorado above …
Oklahoma below …
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Date and time this article was prepared: 7/13/2024 8:13:41 AM