US Highway 287

Eastern Mojave Vegetation	US Highway 287
	Tom Schweich

	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. The 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; The 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.
	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; BNSF 5264 and NS 9580 lead a string of hoppers through downtown Fort Collins. BNSF 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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Choteau

Yellowstone National Park

Moran Junction

Lander

Sweetwater Station Rest Area

Sweetwater Station

Jeffrey City

Medicine Bow

Virginia Dale

Livermore

Fort Collins

Limon

Kit Carson

Eads

Lamar