Raynolds Pass

Raynolds Pass
Elevation	6,844 ft (2,086 m)[1]
Traversed by	SH-87, MT 87
Location	Fremont County, Idaho – Madison County, Montana, United States
Range	Rocky Mountains
Coordinates	44°42.6′N 111°28.2′W / 44.7100°N 111.4700°WCoordinates: 44°42.6′N 111°28.2′W / 44.7100°N 111.4700°W

Raynolds Pass, elevation 6,844 feet (2,086 m),^[1] is a mountain pass on the Montana-Idaho border in the Rocky Mountains, United States. The pass is on the Continental Divide, and is traversed by a state highway (Idaho State Highway 87 and Montana Highway 87). The pass is named for Captain William F. Raynolds, an early explorer and officer-in-charge of the Raynolds Expedition of the Yellowstone region.^[2] The pass is very gentle, with only a slight grade and no major hairpin curves to the highways connections with U.S. Route 287 in Montana and U.S. Route 20 in Idaho.

See also

• Mountain passes in Montana

Notes

1. "Raynolds Pass". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
2. Works Projects Administration (August 1, 1994). The WPA Guide to 1930s Montana. University of Arizona Press. p. 356. ISBN 978-0816515035. Retrieved August 30, 2014.