Marias Pass

The Marias Pass Obelisk and statue of John F. Stevens.

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The Marias Pass is a 1588 meter high mountain pass near Glacier National Park in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Montana.

The pass crosses the North American Continental Divide near the Lewis Range along the border of the Lewis and Clark National Forest and the Flathead National Forest. In winter it is the only passable pass north of the also located in Montana Rogers Pass.

First white American who came to the pass was John Frank Stevens, who worked as a design engineer for the Great Northern Railway. Today, running a range of BNSF Railway, which is also from the Empire Builder, an Amtrak passenger train on the track of the Chicago - Seattle, navigate, and U.S. Highway 2 over the pass.

The railway line over the pass is part of the Microsoft Train Simulator, a railway simulator for PC.

Canada: Pine Pass | Yellowhead Pass | Kicking Horse Pass | Crowsnest Pass

USA: Marias Pass | Mullan Pass | Mullan Tunnel Elk Park Pass | Homestake Pass | Pipestone Pass | Pipestone Pass Tunnel | Deer Lodge Pass | Bannock Pass | Monida Pass | Reas Pass | South Pass | Robinson | Hadsell | Rollins Pass | Moffat Tunnel | Jones pass | Boreas pass | Fremont pass | Tennessee pass | Tennessee Pass tunnel | Hagerman pass | Hagerman tunnel | Busk - Ivanhoe tunnel | Alpine tunnel | Marshall pass | Azotea | Hillcrest | Campbell pass | Tyrone | Vilnius | Hachita | Vista | Antelope

  • Mountain pass
  • Geography (Montana)
  • Pass in the United States
  • Pass in the Rocky Mountains
  • Great Northern Railway (United States)
  • Glacier County
  • Flathead County
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