River
The Little Snake River, a tributary of the Yampa River, is shown highlighted on a map of the western United States
The Little Snake River is a tributary of the Yampa River , approximately 155 miles (249 km) long, in southwestern Wyoming and northwestern Colorado in the United States .
It rises near the continental divide , in Routt National Forest in northern Routt County, Colorado , along the northern edge of the Park Range . It flows west along the Wyoming-Colorado state line, meandering across the border several times and flowing past the Wyoming towns of Dixon and Baggs .[ 2] It turns southwest and flows through Moffat County, Colorado , joining the Yampa approximately 45 mi (72 km) west of Craig , just east of Dinosaur National Monument . The Little Snake is not generally navigable except seasonally in years of plentiful water.
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