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.

Wyoming State Parks (Hover mouse over pog to popup clickable link)

State parks and recreation areas

Name County Size[1] Estab-
lished		 Image Remarks
acres ha
Bear River State ParkUinta324 1311991
Within the city limits of Evanston
Boysen State ParkFremont35,952 14,5491956
Surrounds the Boysen Reservoir
Buffalo Bill State ParkPark11,276 4,5631957
Surrounds the Buffalo Bill Reservoir
Curt Gowdy State ParkLaramie3,395 1,3741971
Recreation on and around three reservoirs
Edness K. Wilkins State ParkNatrona361 1461981On the North Platte River
Glendo State ParkConverse, Platte18,382 7,439
Surrounds the Glendo Reservoir
Guernsey State ParkPlatte8,631 3,4931925
Surrounds the Guernsey Reservoir
Hawk Springs State Recreation AreaGoshen996 4031987
On Hawk Springs Reservoir
Hot Springs State ParkHot Springs1,108.67 448.661897
On the Big Horn River in Thermopolis
Keyhole State ParkCrook15,890 6,4301952
Surrounds the Keyhole Reservoir
Seminoe State ParkCarbon20,848 8,4371965
On the Seminoe Reservoir
Sinks Canyon State ParkFremont600 240
Underground river on the Middle Fork of the Popo Agie River

State-administered historic sites

Name Locality Size Image Remarks
acres ha
Ames MonumentAlbany County8.44 3.42
Pyramid designed by Henry Hobson Richardson, dedicated to Union Pacific Railroad financiers Oakes and Oliver Ames
Camp Douglas Officers’ ClubDouglas1.5 0.61
World War II internment camp for prisoners of war
Connor BattlefieldRanchester13.2 5.3Site of the Battle of the Tongue River
Fort BonnevilleSublette County1 0.40Fortified winter camp and fur trading post stablished in 1832 by Captain Benjamin Bonneville
Fort BridgerUinta County40 16
United States Army outpost during the Utah War
Fort FettermanConverse County60.46 24.47
Ruins of wooden fort constructed in 1867 by the United States Army
Fort Fred SteeleCarbon County138.5 56.0
Ruins of fort established in 1868 by the United States Army
Fort Phil KearnyJohnson County713.06 288.57
United States Army outpost from the 1860s on the Bozeman Trail
Fort RenoJohnson County14.8 6.0
Site of wooden fortification established in Dakota Territory by the United States Army in 1865
Granger Stage StationGranger1 0.40
Station on the Pony Express (1860-1861) and the Overland Trail
Historic Governors' MansionCheyenne.46 0.19
Governor's mansion from 1905 to 1976
Independence RockNatrona County202.93 82.12
Prominent granite landmark for travelers on the Oregon, Mormon, and California trails
Legend Rock State Archaeological SiteHot Springs County30.98 12.54
Near vertical cliff with more than 92 prehistoric petroglyph panels and 300 petroglyph figures
Medicine Lodge State Archaeological SiteBig Horn County200 81Sandstone cliff with hundreds of Native American petroglyphs and pictographs
Names HillLincoln County4.25 1.72
Bluff near a crossing on the Green River where travelers on the Oregon and California trails carved their names
Oregon Trail RutsPlatte County34.17 13.83
Remnants of the Oregon Trail's westward migration worn into sandstone
Piedmont Charcoal KilnsUinta County.886 0.359
Remnants of the charcoal-making industry in southwestern Wyoming
Platte River CrossingCarbon County7 2.8Point at which the Overland Trail crossed the North Platte River
Point of Rocks Stage StationSweetwater County1 0.40
Meeting point of the Overland Trail and the Union Pacific Railroad
Register CliffPlatte County.16 0.065
Navigational landmark on the Oregon Trail
South Pass CityFremont County345.88 139.97
Surviving "ghost town" on the Oregon Trail
Trail EndSheridan3.76 1.52
Mansion of cattleman and politician John B. Kendrick
Woodruff Cabin SiteHot Springs County1 0.40Location of the first European-American settlement in the Big Horn Basin
Wyoming Pioneer MuseumDouglas1.4 0.57Collections of materials related to the westward expansion
Wyoming Territorial PrisonLaramie197.4 79.9
Federal penitentiary from 1872 to 1890; state prison from 1890 to 1901

References

  1. ↑ "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.

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