List of Wyoming state parks facts for kids

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.

State parks and recreation areas

Name	County	Size		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

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 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

• List of U.S. national parks
• List of U.S. state parks