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]
Bear River
Boysen
Buffalo Bill
Curt Gowdy
Edness Wilkins
Glendo
Guernsey
Hawk Springs
Hot Springs
Keyhole
Seminoe
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
editReferences
edit- ^ R, Mike (August 13, 2021). "State Parks Light Pollution Map And Statistics". CosmosPNW. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
- ^ "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.