page_title: Wyoming Highway 296
section_title: Route description
hierarchical_section_title: Wyoming Highway 296 / Route description
caption_attribution_description: English: The view from the top of Dead Indian Pass on the Chief Joseph Scenic Byway in Wyoming
context_page_description: Wyoming Highway 296 also known as the Chief Joseph Scenic Byway is a 45.96-mile-long state highway in the U.S. state of Wyoming and follows the route taken by Chief Joseph as he led the Nez Perce Indians out of Yellowstone National Park and into Montana in 1877 during their attempt to flee the U.S. Cavalry and escape into Canada.
context_section_description: Wyoming Highway 296 is a 45.96-mile (73.97 km) long scenic highway in northern Park County. Highway 296 begins its western end at U.S. Route 212 (Beartooth Highway) fourteen miles southeast of Cooke City, Montana. WYO 296 travels southeasterly as it winds through the Shoshone National Forest and through the Absaroka Mountains and then passes through Dead Indian Pass. After almost 46 miles, WYO 296 reaches its eastern end at Wyoming Highway 120, 17 miles north of Cody.
  Highway 296 crosses Sunlight Creek Bridge, the highest in Wyoming.
caption: The view from the top of Dead Indian Pass on the Chief Joseph Scenic Byway in Wyoming
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