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.
State parks and recreation areas
Name | County | Size | Estab- lished |
Image | Remarks | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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 |
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