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Wyoming Travel Guide
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| Known as the ‘Cowboy State’, a land of mountains and valleys and where the Great Plains meets the Rocky Mountains. With perfect panoramic photo opportunities you can also enjoy this geothermal wonderland with its twelve mountain ranges, intermixed with deserts and rolling grassland, crystal cool cascading waterfalls, erupting geysers, steaming volcanic spouts, wildlife and a wilderness from horizon to horizon providing wide-open spaces. |
| From the Grand Teton to Yellowstone National Park and the Shoshone National Forest to the Eastern Great Plains is where some of America’s breathtaking monuments and national parks all come together to create the diverse and picture postcard setting that is simply Wyoming. Along the way, a multitude of charming bed and breakfast in Wyoming State, where there are great options with true western hospitality! The skiing in Wyoming and its chief resort of Jackson Hole, is second to none, set among the awesome Teton Mountain, the ‘Big One’ has the longest continuous vertical rise of any ski area within the US.<br><br>Those who love the outdoors will enjoy a wealth of recreational activities among the breathtaking scenery of the rugged landscape of Wyoming, especially in the west where visitors can hike, bike, kayak, raft, fish, climb and ski to their heart’s content or simply relax in the big open land. Buffalo Bill’s frontier town of Cody sits on a high plateau and due to its natural beauty it appears to be a magnet for artists with several art galleries to browse, including the Buffalo Bill Historical Center detailing the history of the American West. The town exudes the spirit of the Wild West with wooden boardwalks and restored shop-front facades and is also well known for its western-style rodeos and staged shoot-outs. Whilst in Cody why not visit the Old Trail Town, an authentic recreation of the 1890s Old West. Scattered within the area are other charming towns such as Shell, Greybull and Meeteetse, each with their own stories to tell. <br><br>Travel west and you’ll arrive at the world famous Yellowstone National Park, the first and oldest national park in the world, an outstanding mountain region with clean water and air and home to some spectacular wildlife including the grizzly bear, antelope, bobcat, wolf, and free-ranging herds of bison and elk. Its location on top of a volcanic crater has resulted in a unique landscape of geysers, fumaroles, mud pots, alpine lakes and canyons. Yellowstone, named the first national park back inn 1872, is still as poplar as ever. Probably its most famous attraction, Old Faithful, this spectacular steaming geyser bursts into life firing thousands of gallons of hot water into the air and has been erupting consistently for over 100 years. Visit Fountain Paint Pot, a large bubbling spring filled with hot clay ranging in color from white to orange to pink, marvel at some of the hundreds of thunderous cascading waterfalls, hike the Grand Loop Road to Artist Point where you’ll encounter magnificent views of Yellowstone Canyon and the awe inspiring Lower Falls that, despite their name, are nearly twice the height of Niagara Falls. Home to some stunning scenery, this region near Dubois ranges from dense forests filled with beautiful wildlife to dramatic canyons and rock formations of natural wonders that have inspired countless generations.<br><br>Often over shadowed by its neighbour, Grand Teton National Park should not be overlooked. The stunning backdrop of the Teton Mountain range creates a perfect setting to view the diversity of wildlife including buffalo, moose and bear. The sophisticated resort town of Jackson surrounds the rustic character stretching to wooden sidewalks and welcoming classic swing-door saloons where cowboy hats and boots are the norm. It is like walking onto a film set, the town’s lively summer persona includes re-enactment of frontier justice with well-played gunfights in the square and as a prime ranching country, the steaks are simply legendary! A premier ski spot in winter with near perfect fluffy powder snow, with its twin peaks, gloriously uncrowded ski lifts and superb variety of cross-country trails, experts and intermediates alike will find the experience unforgettable! Perhaps you’ll enjoy an outing on the Snake River where you most probably will spot the majestic bald eagles. <br><br>There’s wonderful wildlife to watch out for as you head south to one of America’s last preserves of wild solitude through the Grand Teton National Park, a magnificent summer and winter playground with saw-toothed, 13,500 feet high ridges crested with snow most of the year, these towering granite peaks provide endless opportunities for climbers, hikers and skiers. This is pure ‘Cowboy Country’ and in the marvellous mountain valley’s and amidst the soaring mountain ranges, are quaint towns such as Teton Village, Wilson, Thayne and Smoot, the romantic Wild West, where the hat-brandishing cowboy, which is the state insignia that still preserves the wonderful image, are just some of the places to stay in good quality and stylish bed and breakfast in Wyoming State.<br><br>Between Riverton and Pinedale, located in central Wyoming and along the Popo Agie River is the beautiful town of Lander with a multitude of activities to keep you entertained, here you can wonder at Wild West landscapes and National Parks or visit the headquarters of the Wind River Indian Reservation. Take a trip to the Flaming Gorge National Recreation region near Green River and Evanston before driving to Saratoga a natural hot springs area in Eastern Wyoming. You’ll find towns like Casper and Wheatland dotted between terrific landscapes of the Great Divide Basin. <br><br>Wide-open grasslands and spectacular scenery are found in and around the little town of Encampment near the Medicine Bow National Forest and Laramie, situated on a high plain between two mountain ranges: The Medicine Bow Range to the west and the Laramie Range to the east. Steeped in history, Wyoming has preserved many of its original sites. The Oregon Trail, a natural route through the prairies, populated by a vast array of wildlife, carried significant numbers of emigrants in covered wagons as early as 1841 and over the years it was the turn of the gold seekers. A major landmark on the trail is the military outpost of Fort Laramie once a western gateway for some 360,000 pioneers. For visitor enjoyment many of the buildings have been restored and recreated with park rangers in period costume who tell tales of times gone by. Cheyenne, the state capital of Wyoming, renowned in the old days as ‘hell on wheels’ is situated in the midst of rich greenery, this humble city is home to the famous old Cheyenne Frontier Days.<br>Further north from the stunning Thunder Basin National Grassland is the famous and historic town of Sundance, once home to Larry Longbough better known as the Sundance Kid. A short drive away takes you through some breathtaking scenery to Devils Tower near the Black Hills National Forest, perhaps made famous by extra-terrestrials when the awesome backdrop was used for the landing in the movie “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”. This nearly vertical monolith known as eerie Devil’s Tower rises 1,267 feet above the meandering Belle Fourche River, a national monument, it is also known to be a sacred site of worship for many American Indians. The rolling hills of this 1,347-acre park are covered with pine forests, deciduous woodlands and prairie grasslands where you’ll be able to encounter deer, prairie dogs and other wildlife that are abundant. <br><br>Before venturing through the Bighorn National Forest, stop off at Buffalo, a picturesque town nestled in the foothills of the beautiful Bighorn Mountains near the historic Bozeman Trail. Trail rides and many rodeo events take place all summer long, outdoor recreation and seasonal attractions include skiing, boating, hunting, fishing and hiking. Horseback riding through the mountains to lakes and streams are superb and it is a sportsman's paradise with an abundance of spectacular scenery, wildlife, fascinating frontier heritage and friendly atmosphere. <br><br>A visit to Big Horn and The Bighorn Mountains should not go amiss, known as the Littlehorn locally, it is a jewel of wild, unprotected land of rugged peaks and considered as Wyoming's most underrated mountains, it offers hundreds of miles of maintained byways with endless outdoor re |
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Mayor's Inn (Cody, WY)
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Nagle Warren Mansion B & B (Cheyenne, WY)
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