The Beartooth Mountain Range and Beartooth Scenic Highway straddle the Wyoming and Montana border north of Yellowstone.
While driving the route, you'll pass "mini-Matterhorn," Wyoming's version of the famed peak, and eventually curve your way thousands of vertical feet to Beartooth Pass, one of the highest roads in North America at 10,297ft.
Thermopolis, located about two hours from Yellowstone, is a tiny town in central Wyoming that has harnessed natural hot springs to create localized spa-like pools for locals and tourists at Hot Springs State Park.
Heading toward Yellowstone from Thermopolis, Cody is an old west town often used as a gateway to Yellowstone National Park.