Silver Gate is an
unincorporated community and
census-designated place (CDP) in
Park County,
Montana, United States. As of the
2010 census, it had a population of 20.
Prior to 2010, it was part of the
Cooke City-Silver Gate CDP.
The community sits northeast of
Yellowstone National Park on the
Beartooth Highway (U.S. Route 212). It is the closest community to the park's
Northeast Entrance Station
The Northeast Entrance Station to Yellowstone National Park, in Park County, Montana, is a rustic log building designed by the National Park Service Branch of Plans and Design under the direction of Thomas Chalmers Vint and built in 1935. The ent ...
.
Geography
Silver Gate is in the southeast part of Park County, bordered to the south by the
North Absaroka Wilderness
The North Absaroka Wilderness is located in Shoshone National Forest in the U.S. state of Wyoming. It lies adjacent to the eastern border of Yellowstone National Park.
U.S. Wilderness Areas do not allow motorized or mechanized vehicles, includin ...
within
Shoshone National Forest in the state of
Wyoming, to the west by Yellowstone National Park, and to the east by
Cooke City
Cooke City is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Park County, Montana, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 75. Prior to 2010, it was part of the Cooke City-Silver Gate CDP.
The community si ...
. The two towns sit in the valley of Soda Butte Creek, which flows southwest into Wyoming to join the
Lamar River within Yellowstone Park. The valley is part of the
Yellowstone River watershed.
Demographics
References
Census-designated places in Park County, Montana
Census-designated places in Montana
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