Carlile Junction, Wyoming | |
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Location of Carlile Junction in Wyoming | |
Coordinates: 44°30′08″N 104°41′18″W / 44.5022058°N 104.6882985°WCoordinates: 44°30′08″N 104°41′18″W / 44.5022058°N 104.6882985°W | |
Country | United States of America |
State | Wyoming |
County | Crook |
Elevation | 4,203 ft (1,281 m) |
Carlile Junction is the populated place in Wyoming where Wyoming Highway 24 (the Bear Lodge Highway) has a terminus at US Route 14.
Located on the northwest edge of the Black Hills in the Bear Lodge Mountains, Carlile Junction lies 6.5 miles (10.5 km) south of Devils Tower National Monument and 15 miles (24 km) north of Keyhole State Park. It is just north of Castle Rocks and south of Miller Creek, a tributary of the Belle Fourche River which lies about 2 miles (3.2 km) to the junction's west.
Wonder View is a populated place about 5 miles (8.0 km) southeast of Carlile Junction on US 14.
Major intersections in the Black Hills are frequently named, whether there are communities at the locations or not: