South Pass Historic Mining Area
LANDER, Wyoming 82520Filed Under: Camping, Cultural, Cycling, Fishing, Hiking, Horseback, Hunting, Skiing
This 30-square-mile area was a focal point for the discovery of gold in 1842 and the resultant 1867 gold rush that settled this part of Wyoming. By 1868, about 1,500 people lived in the District towns ...
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Names Hill
Pinedale, Wyoming 82941Filed Under: Camping, Fishing
This site is part of a popular shortcut, the Lander Cutoff, between the South Pass and the Snake River valleys. Over 13,000 emigrants used this route in 1859, the first year it was open. Many of them ...
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Big Sandy Reservoir
Farson, Wyoming 82932Filed Under: Camping, Fishing, Hiking, Paddling
Big Sandy Dam and Reservoir, Eden Project, are on Big Sandy Creek about 15 miles north of Farson, Wyoming. Recreation at Big Sandy Reservoir is directly managed by the Bureau of Reclamation. Informa ...
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Fort Laramie National Historic Site
Fort Laramie, Wyoming 82212Filed Under: Fishing, Hiking
Fort Laramie- the Crossroads of a Nation Moving West. This unique historic place preserves and interprets one of America's most important locations in the history of westward expansion and Indian res ...
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National Elk Refuge
Jackson, Wyoming 83001Filed Under: Cultural, Fishing, Hiking, Hunting
National Elk Refuge, located in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, was established in 1912 to provide winter habitat and preserve the Jackson elk herd. The Refuge's nearly 25,000 acres provide a winter home for ...
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Medicine Bow - Routt National Forests and Thunder Basin National Grassland
Laramie, Wyoming 82070Filed Under: Camping, Climbing, Cultural, Cycling, Fishing, Hiking, Horseback, Hunting, Skiing
The Medicine Bow/Routt National Forests and Thunder Basin National Grasslands (TBNG) encompasses nearly 3 million acres from the north and eastern borders of Wyoming, south to the I-70 corridor that t ...
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Alcova Reservoir
Mills, Wyoming 82644Filed Under: Camping, Fishing, Hiking, Horseback, Hunting, Paddling
[Alcova Dam](http://www.usbr.gov/dataweb/dams/wy01290.htm) and Powerplant, features of the [Kendrick Project](http://www.usbr.gov/dataweb/html/kendrick.html), are on the North Platte River about 30 mi ...
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Deaver Reservoir
Mills, Wyoming 82644Filed Under: Camping, Fishing, Horseback, Hunting, Paddling, Skiing
Deaver Dam, completed in 1918 as part of the Shoshone Project is offstream 12 miles northeast of Powell, Wyoming. Popular local warm and cold-water fishery includes trout, walleye, and catfish. Fisher ...
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Guernsey Reservoir
Guernsey, Wyoming 82214Filed Under: Camping, Cultural, Fishing, Hiking, Horseback, Hunting, Paddling
One hundred and eighty miles below Alcova Dam and 25 miles below Glendo Dam, the Guernsey Dam, North Platte Project, controls the river flow of the North Platte. Water released from Pathfinder Reser ...
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Lake Cameahwait
Mills, Wyoming 82644Filed Under: Camping, Fishing, Hiking, Hunting
Also known as "Bass Lake". Fishing year-round with Wyoming State license. Fish species include trout, bass, perch, ling, bluegill, green sunfish, and crappie. Good access via shoreline roads ...
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