The
Owl Creek Mountains are a subrange of the
Rocky MountainsThe Rocky Mountains are a major mountain range in western North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch more than from the northernmost part of British Columbia, in Canada, to New Mexico, in the United States. The range's highest peak is Mount Elbert in Colorado at above sea level...
in central
WyomingWyoming is a state in the Western United States. The majority of the state is dominated by the mountain ranges and rangelands of the Rocky Mountain West, while the easternmost section of the state includes part of a high elevation prairie region known as the High Plains. While the tenth largest...
in the
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, running east to west to form a bridge between the
Absaroka RangeThe Absaroka Range is a sub-range of the Rocky Mountains in the United States. The range stretches about 150 mi across the Montana-Wyoming border, forming the eastern boundary of Yellowstone National Park and the western side of the Big Horn Basin. The range borders the Beartooth Mountains to...
to the northwest and the
Bridger MountainsThe Bridger Mountains are a short subrange of the Rocky Mountains, approximately long, in central Wyoming in the United States. The range forms a bridge between the Owl Creek Mountains to the west and the southern end of the Bighorn Mountains to the east. The Wind River passes through the gap...
to the east. The range forms the boundary between the
Bighorn BasinThe Bighorn Basin is a plateau region and intermontane basin, approximately 100 miles wide, in north-central Wyoming in the United States. It is bounded by the Absaroka Range on the west, the Bighorn Mountains on the east, and the Owl Creek Mountains and Bridger Mountains on the south...
to the north and the
Shoshone Basin to the south. The
Wind RiverThe Wind River is the name applied to the upper reaches of the Bighorn River in Wyoming in the United States. The two rivers are sometimes referred to as the Wind/Bighorn....
passes through the gap between the range and the Bridger Mountains to the east, and becomes the
Bighorn RiverThe Bighorn River is a tributary of the Yellowstone, approximately 461 mi long, in the western United States in the states of Wyoming and Montana....
on the north side of the mountains.
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The
Owl Creek Mountains are a subrange of the
Rocky MountainsThe Rocky Mountains are a major mountain range in western North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch more than from the northernmost part of British Columbia, in Canada, to New Mexico, in the United States. The range's highest peak is Mount Elbert in Colorado at above sea level...
in central
WyomingWyoming is a state in the Western United States. The majority of the state is dominated by the mountain ranges and rangelands of the Rocky Mountain West, while the easternmost section of the state includes part of a high elevation prairie region known as the High Plains. While the tenth largest...
in the
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, running east to west to form a bridge between the
Absaroka RangeThe Absaroka Range is a sub-range of the Rocky Mountains in the United States. The range stretches about 150 mi across the Montana-Wyoming border, forming the eastern boundary of Yellowstone National Park and the western side of the Big Horn Basin. The range borders the Beartooth Mountains to...
to the northwest and the
Bridger MountainsThe Bridger Mountains are a short subrange of the Rocky Mountains, approximately long, in central Wyoming in the United States. The range forms a bridge between the Owl Creek Mountains to the west and the southern end of the Bighorn Mountains to the east. The Wind River passes through the gap...
to the east. The range forms the boundary between the
Bighorn BasinThe Bighorn Basin is a plateau region and intermontane basin, approximately 100 miles wide, in north-central Wyoming in the United States. It is bounded by the Absaroka Range on the west, the Bighorn Mountains on the east, and the Owl Creek Mountains and Bridger Mountains on the south...
to the north and the
Shoshone Basin to the south. The
Wind RiverThe Wind River is the name applied to the upper reaches of the Bighorn River in Wyoming in the United States. The two rivers are sometimes referred to as the Wind/Bighorn....
passes through the gap between the range and the Bridger Mountains to the east, and becomes the
Bighorn RiverThe Bighorn River is a tributary of the Yellowstone, approximately 461 mi long, in the western United States in the states of Wyoming and Montana....
on the north side of the mountains. The high point of the range is . The range is entirely within the
Wind River Indian ReservationWind River Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation shared by the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribes of Native Americans in the central western portion of the U.S. state of Wyoming...
.