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Craig Pass
- Tonight
- 17°FSnow showers · Wind 2–6 mph NW
Craig Pass is a mountain pass at 2,520 m in Wyoming, United States.
All facts
- Saddle
- 2,520 m
- Lowest point
- 2,384 m / 2,430 m
Craig Pass: the climb from each side
Crossed by: Grand Loop Road
Distances are straight lines from the saddle to the lowest ground on each side; the road is longer.
Craig Pass 3D map
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Craig Pass terrain and contours
20 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
Craig Pass elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Craig Pass weather
Tonight · Snow showers · 17°F (-8°C) · 98% chance of precipitation · Wind 2–6 mph NW
Craig Pass forecast for about 2,560 m.
- Tonight17°98%2–6 mph NW
- Sat19°41°1%2 mph SE
- Sun20°46°3%1 mph SE
- Mon22°45°29%3 mph SSW
- Tue19°40°72%6 mph SW
- Wed18°38°29%5 mph SW
- Thu20°43°20%3 mph S
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 24, 00:01 UTC.
Camping & parking near Craig Pass
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Craig Pass, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest trailhead
Delacy Creek Trailhead
Nearest parking
1.2 km ENE
Nearest campsite
DeLacy Creek
All mapped places 9
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Delacy Creek TrailheadTrailhead | 1.2 km ENE |
| Parking | 1.2 km ENE |
| Parking | 1.5 km ENE |
| Parking | 1.9 km ENE |
| Spring Creek TrailTrailhead | 3.4 km WSW |
| DeLacy CreekCampsite | 4.0 km S |
| CoyoteCampsite | 4.5 km S |
| Mallard Lake SECampsite | 5.9 km NW |
| Lone Star TrailheadTrailhead | 7.1 km W |
Slope
Share of the 8 × 8 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 73% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 3.1% of the 64 km² view
- Relief in view
- 300 m low point 2,376 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4 km; 186 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Western yellow pond-lily116
- Lodgepole pine55
- American Bison20
- American Black Bear19
- Wapiti19
- Western Tiger Salamander17
Where Craig Pass sits
- Region
- Wyoming24United States932North America1,313
- Protected area
- Yellowstone National Park10
Nearby places
Isa Lake2,529 m↑0.1 km ENE
Shoshone Lake2,376 m↑7.6 km S
Lewis Lake2,372 m↑17 km SSE
Heart Lake2,284 m↑27 km SE
Yellowstone Lake2,357 m↑28 km E
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Craig Pass downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-31)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Camping & parking, Geometry
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Protected area
- USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)