List of Wyoming state parks

This is a list of state parks and reserves in the Wyoming state park system operated by the Wyoming Division of State Parks and Historic Sites. There are 11 state parks in Wyoming in which one could view the Milky Way in some form.[1]

List of Wyoming state parks is located in Wyoming
Bear River
Bear River
Boysen
Boysen
Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Bill
Curt Gowdy
Curt Gowdy
Edness Wilkins
Edness Wilkins
Glendo
Glendo
Guernsey
Guernsey
Hawk Springs
Hawk Springs
Hot Springs
Hot Springs
List of Wyoming state parks
Keyhole
Keyhole
Seminoe
Seminoe
Sinks Canyon
Sinks Canyon
Wyoming State Parks (Hover mouse over pog to popup clickable link)

State parks and recreation areas

edit
Name County Size[2] Estab-
lished
Image Remarks
acres ha
Bear River State Park Uinta 324 131 1991
 
Within the city limits of Evanston
Boysen State Park Fremont 35,952 14,549 1956
 
Surrounds the Boysen Reservoir
Buffalo Bill State Park Park 11,276 4,563 1957
 
Surrounds the Buffalo Bill Reservoir
Curt Gowdy State Park Laramie 3,395 1,374 1971
 
Recreation on and around three reservoirs
Edness K. Wilkins State Park Natrona 361 146 1981
 
On the North Platte River
Glendo State Park Converse, Platte 18,382 7,439 1959
 
Surrounds the Glendo Reservoir
Guernsey State Park Platte 8,631 3,493 1925
 
Surrounds the Guernsey Reservoir
Hawk Springs State Recreation Area Goshen 996 403 1987
 
On Hawk Springs Reservoir
Hot Springs State Park Hot Springs 1,108.67 448.66 1897
 
On the Big Horn River in Thermopolis
Keyhole State Park Crook 15,890 6,430 1952
 
Surrounds the Keyhole Reservoir
Seminoe State Park Carbon 20,848 8,437 1965
 
On the Seminoe Reservoir
Sinks Canyon State Park Fremont 600 240 1971
 
Underground river on the Middle Fork of the Popo Agie River

State-administered historic sites

edit
Name Locality Size Image Remarks
acres ha
Ames Monument Albany County 8.44 3.42
 
Pyramid designed by Henry Hobson Richardson, dedicated to Union Pacific Railroad financiers Oakes and Oliver Ames
Camp Douglas Officers’ Club Douglas 1.5 0.61
 
World War II internment camp for prisoners of war
Connor Battlefield Ranchester 13.2 5.3 Site of the Battle of the Tongue River
Fort Bonneville Sublette County 1 0.40 Fortified winter camp and fur trading post stablished in 1832 by Captain Benjamin Bonneville
Fort Bridger Uinta County 40 16
 
United States Army outpost during the Utah War
Fort Fetterman Converse County 60.46 24.47
 
Ruins of wooden fort constructed in 1867 by the United States Army
Fort Fred Steele Carbon County 138.5 56.0
 
Ruins of fort established in 1868 by the United States Army
Fort Phil Kearny Johnson County 713.06 288.57
 
United States Army outpost from the 1860s on the Bozeman Trail
Fort Reno Johnson County 14.8 6.0
 
Site of wooden fortification established in Dakota Territory by the United States Army in 1865
Granger Stage Station Granger 1 0.40
 
Station on the Pony Express (1860-1861) and the Overland Trail
Historic Governors' Mansion Cheyenne .46 0.19
 
Governor's mansion from 1905 to 1976
Independence Rock Natrona County 202.93 82.12
 
Prominent granite landmark for travelers on the Oregon, Mormon, and California trails
Legend Rock State Archaeological Site Hot Springs County 30.98 12.54
 
Near vertical cliff with more than 92 prehistoric petroglyph panels and 300 petroglyph figures
Medicine Lodge State Archaeological Site Big Horn County 200 81 Sandstone cliff with hundreds of Native American petroglyphs and pictographs
Names Hill Lincoln County 4.25 1.72
 
Bluff near a crossing on the Green River where travelers on the Oregon and California trails carved their names
Oregon Trail Ruts Platte County 34.17 13.83
 
Remnants of the Oregon Trail's westward migration worn into sandstone
Piedmont Charcoal Kilns Uinta County .886 0.359
 
Remnants of the charcoal-making industry in southwestern Wyoming
Platte River Crossing Carbon County 7 2.8 Point at which the Overland Trail crossed the North Platte River
Point of Rocks Stage Station Sweetwater County 1 0.40
 
Meeting point of the Overland Trail and the Union Pacific Railroad
Quebec-One Missile Alert Facility Laramie County 1 0.40
 
Register Cliff Platte County .16 0.065
 
Navigational landmark on the Oregon Trail
South Pass City Fremont County 345.88 139.97
 
Surviving "ghost town" on the Oregon Trail
Trail End Sheridan 3.76 1.52
 
Mansion of cattleman and politician John B. Kendrick
Woodruff Cabin Site Hot Springs County 1 0.40 Location of the first European-American settlement in the Big Horn Basin
Wyoming Pioneer Memorial Museum Douglas 1.4 0.57 Collections of materials related to the westward expansion
Wyoming Territorial Prison Laramie 197.4 79.9
 
Federal penitentiary from 1872 to 1890; state prison from 1890 to 1901

See also

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ R, Mike (August 13, 2021). "State Parks Light Pollution Map And Statistics". CosmosPNW. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  2. ^ "Table 1. Facilities managed by Wyoming State Parks, Historic Sites and Trails" (PDF). SOAR 2021. Wyoming Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources. p. 12. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
edit