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Bighorn Mountains | |
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![]() Big Horn range in Northern Wyoming | |
Highest point | |
Peak | Cloud Peak |
Elevation | 13,175 ft (4,016 m) |
Coordinates | 44°22′56″N 107°10′32″W / 44.38222°N 107.17556°W |
Geography | |
Country | United States |
States | Wyoming and Montana |
Parent range | Rocky Mountains |
Borders on | Absaroka Range |
Geology | |
Orogeny | Laramide orogeny |
The Bighorn Mountains (Crow: Basawaxaawúua, lit. 'our mountains' or Iisaxpúatahchee Isawaxaawúua, 'bighorn sheep's mountains'[1]) are a mountain range in northern Wyoming and southern Montana in the United States, forming a northwest-trending spur from the Rocky Mountains extending approximately 200 mi (320 km) northward on the Great Plains. They are separated from the Absaroka Range, which lie on the main branch of the Rockies to the west, by the Bighorn Basin. Much of the land is contained within the Bighorn National Forest.
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