Roaming Wyoming
Wyoming is a sparely populated state with a highly varied landscape ranging from the Red Desert to the glaciers of the Wind River Range . Wyoming has one area code: 307. To people in Wyoming the number 307 is synonymous with Wyoming.

Bighorn on US 191

Bighorn Sheep hang out along US 191 in Western Wyoming

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Tetons

The Grand Teton National Park is astounding. As you enter the park, these huge mountains jut way up into the sky.

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Bighorn Mountains

The Bighorn Mountains dominate a huge region of Northern Wyoming.

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Devils Tower

Devils Tower is one of the icons of Wyoming. It is a sheer tower of rock with its broad flat top thrust, hundreds of feet, high above the surrounding trees and countryside.

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Yellowstone

Go to Yellowstone because it is beautiful and super interesting.Other sites have majestic mountains or other great scenery, but nowhere will match the fascination of Yellowstone.,

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Green River Lakes

The two Green River Lakes are magnificent entrance into the Wind River Mountain Range. The image of these lakes is on the Wyoming license plates.

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Medicine Lodge State Archaeological Site

Medicine Lodge State Archeological Site with petroglyphs and pictographs on sandstone cliff along side of Medicine Lodge Creek.

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Hell's Half Acre

On Hwy. 20/26 40 miles west of Casper is a fantastic spot called Hell's Half Acre.

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Roger Canyon Road

The rocks are very red along Roger Canyon Road.

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Casper Area

The North Platte River flows through the city of Casper. The city is also overlooked by Casper Mountain.

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Shirley Basin

The grasslands of Shirley Basin are north of Medicine Bow Wyoming. The basin is reached by state highway WYO 487.

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Alcova

Alcova is the name of a large reservoir and its namesake small town in Southern Natrona County. Striking red bluffs rise above the reservoir

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Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite

Near Shell Wyoming, the Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite displays tracks of Jurassic period dinosaurs along the shore of an ancient sea.

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Exploring Around Dubois

The town of Dubois is on the Wind River, between the Wind River Mountain Range and the Absaroka Mountain Range.

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Snowy Range

West of Laramie is the Snowy Range with peaks up to 12000 ft in elevation.

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Cheyenne to Laramie

Approaching the Vedauwoo area on the southernmost end of the Laramie Mountains. It is just north of I-80.

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US 287 to the Tetons

This chapter is about a trip we took on highway 287 from I80 to the Tetons. Click on the down arrow to see the chapter contents. Highway 287 runs diagonally across Wyoming.

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Eastern Wyoming

From the Wyoming/Nebraska state line to Laramie Peak.

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