Lolo Pass (Idaho–Montana)

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Lolo Pass
Elevation	5,233 feet (1,595 m)
Traversed by	US-12
Location
Location	Idaho County, Idaho / Missoula County, Montana,  United States
Range	Rocky Mountains
Coordinates	46°38′07″N 114°34′47″W / 46.6352°N 114.5798°W / 46.6352; -114.5798

Lolo Trail
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Location:	Bitterroot Mountains, Idaho-Montana
Coordinates:	46°38′7″N 114°34′47″W / 46.63528°N 114.57972°W / 46.63528; -114.57972Coordinates: 46°38′7″N 114°34′47″W / 46.63528°N 114.57972°W / 46.63528; -114.57972
Built/Founded:	1805
Governing body:	U.S. Forest Service
Added to NRHP:	October 15, 1966
NRHP Reference#:	66000309[1]

Lolo Pass, elevation 5,233 feet (1,595 m), is a mountain pass in the northern Rocky Mountains on the border between the U.S. states of Montana and Idaho approximately 25 miles (40 km) west-southwest of Missoula, Montana.

It is famous as the location where the Lewis and Clark Expedition crossed the summit of the Bitteroot Range via the Lolo Trail on their outward and return journeys in 1805–06.

US-12, belatedly completed in the early 1960s, crosses the pass. Lolo Hot Springs, Montana, is 7 miles (11 km) east of the pass. The first limited services in Idaho are in Powell, 13 miles (21 km) to the west, then another 65 miles (105 km) to the next in Lowell, at the confluence of the Lochsa and Selway Rivers.

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[edit] External links

• Idaho Transportation Dept. - webcam - Lolo Pass
• Idaho Transportation Dept. - roadside historical marker - Lolo Summit
• Lolo Pass Visitor Information Center
• Lewis and Clark: Additional Sites
• The Lewis & Clark Expedition: Documenting the Uncharted Northwest Name, a National Park Service Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) lesson plan

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