Grows in the longest road in the U.S., The National Park-to-Park Highway
This Welcome Center's entrance axis aligns with and pays tribute to the Yellowstone and National Park-to-Park highways. The Yellowstone Highway was an unpaved "auto trail" established in 1915 that was mapped, maintained, and promoted by local businesses and Good Roads Clubs. It ran from Denver, Colorado, to Yellowstone National Park by way of Rocky Mountain National Park, plus Cheyenne, Douglas, Casper, and Cody. Connecting two national parks, this historic route sparked the idea of linking all national parks of the western United States with one, scenic road. Inaugurated in 1920, the resultant National Park-to-Park Highway absorbed the old Yellowstone Highway, bringing more national park tourists along the axis preserved at this site.HM Number | HM1QGX |
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Marker Condition | No reports yet |
Date Added | Wednesday, January 13th, 2016 at 5:01pm PST -08:00 |
UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 13T E 510143 N 4545271 |
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Decimal Degrees | 41.05861667, -104.87928333 |
Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 41° 3.517', W 104° 52.757' |
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 41° 3' 31.02" N, 104° 52' 45.42" W |
Driving Directions | Google Maps |
Area Code(s) | 307 |
Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling West |
Closest Postal Address | At or near 5611 High Plains Road, Cheyenne WY 82007, US |
Alternative Maps | Google Maps, MapQuest, Bing Maps, Yahoo Maps, MSR Maps, OpenCycleMap, MyTopo Maps, OpenStreetMap |
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