Signs Tagged With Continental Divide

I-15 north at Elk Park Pass (Continental Divide). Elevation 6368 Feet. This is also the county boundary between Silver Bow and Jefferson County. Water north of this point flows into the Gulf of Mexico.

I-15 North - Continental Divide - Elevation 5879. Waters north of this point flow into the Pacific Ocean, via the Columbia River.

WY-28 East - Continental Divide (South Pass) - Elevation 7550 Feet.

Independence Pass on CO-82 east. Independence Pass is 12,095 Feet and on the Continental Divide. Independence Pass is one of the highest mountain passes in Colorado on the state highway system. The only higher pass on the state highway system is US-34 in Rocky Mountain National Park. Independence Pass divides the Arkansas River watershed which flows into the Gulf of Mexico; and the Roaring Fork River which flows into the Colorado River and the Gulf of California.

MT-87 at Raynolds Pass - Leaving Montana. The Idaho welcome sign is in the background. An early season snow storm had just passed through the area, leaving wet snow on all of the signs.

I-15 south at Deer Lodge Pass - Elevation 5902 Feet. This is the Continental Divide. Southbound traffic enters the Missouri River drainage (via the Big Hole River, and Jefferson River). Northbound traffic enters the Columbia River drainage (via the Clark Fork, and Pend Oreille River). I-15 crosses the Continental Divide three times in Montana. Once at Monida Pass at the Idaho-Montana state line. Here at Deer Lodge Pass, and north of Butte and Elk Park Pass.

I-15 south at Elk Park Pass (Continental Divide). Elevation 6368 Feet. This is also the county boundary between Silver Bow and Jefferson County.

Welcome to Montana on US-20 East at Targhee Pass. Targhee Pass is on the Continental Divide. This style of Montana welcome sign is fairly recent. Previous welcome signs were blue, and were cut-out in the state outline.

Welcome to Montana on US-20 East at Targhee Pass. Targhee Pass is on the Continental Divide. West of here water flows into the Henrys Fork, the Snake River, and the Columbia River into the Pacific Ocean. East of here water flows into the Madison River, the Missouri River, the Mississippi River into the Gulf of Mexico.

Continental Divide on I-10 west - Elevation 4,585 Feet. This is the dividing line between the Gila River (flows to Colorado River) and the Mimbres River (flows into a closed basin).