Montana Secondary Highway 509, Red Rock NWR to I-15

 

AMP:37

Location: S-509 and Valley Rd, Beaverhead Cty

S-509 begins here, on the east edge of the Red Rocks National Wildlife Refuge. It’s a 37 1/2 mile trek down a washboarded dirt road from here to Monida.

AMP: 30

Location: S-509 and nothing, Beaverhead Cty

This is a pretty desolate road, so desolate that I saw my first moose while driving.

AMP: 27

Location: S-509 and Lakeview Rd, Beaverhead Cty

A few miles later, we’ll enter the former ghost town of Lakeview which is now a University of Utah Extension Campus, the Taft-Nicholson Center for Environmental Humanities Education

AMP: 0

Location: S-509 and I-15, Monida, Beaverhead Cty

27 desolate miles later, we’ll approach I-15. Stay straight for I-15 as we pass by the town of Monida.

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Location: S-509 and I-15, Beaverhead Cty

Turn right for I-15 north, keep left for I-15 south.

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Location: S-509 and I-15, Beaverhead Cty

Follow I-15 north to Butte and I-15 south to Idaho Falls.

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Location: S-509 and I-15, Beaverhead Cty

Turn left for I-15 south towards Idaho Falls.

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Location: S-509 and I-15, Beaverhead Cty

Turn left to head into Idaho. Idaho begins about 1000 feet south of here on I-15.

S to ID State Line, N to S-324