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There are at least 429 named trails in Wyoming according to the U.S. Geological Survey, Board of Geographic Names. A trail is defined as: "Route for passage from one point to another; does not include roads or highways (jeep trail, path, ski trail)." [1] Albany County, Wyoming
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 ...
The Bridger Wilderness is located in Bridger-Teton National Forest in Wyoming, United States.Originally established in 1931 as a primitive area, 428,169-acre (1,732.74 km 2) region was redesignated as a wilderness in 1964 and expanded to the current size in 1984.
According to the United States Board on Geographic Names, there are at least 109 named mountain ranges and sub-ranges in Wyoming. Wyoming / w aɪ ˈ oʊ m ɪ ŋ / ⓘ is a state in the mountain region of the Western United States. Wyoming is the 10th most extensive, but the least populous and the 2nd least densely populated of the 50 United States.
Tongue River Cave is a cave in the Bighorn National Forest just west of Dayton, Wyoming. [1] Historically notable for a wide variety of rare cave formations and animal species, the cave has suffered in recent decades from unrestricted traffic, vandalism, and the theft of many of the cave's speleothems .
The wilderness spans the Montana-Wyoming border on Gallatin, Custer and Shoshone National Forests and is composed of 944,000 acres (3,820 km 2). [5] The elevation ranges from 0 to 11,000 feet (3,400 m); the maximum elevation is at the Beartooth Plateau, located high in the Beartooth Mountains.
Inyan Kara Mountain (Lakota: Íŋyaŋ Káǧa, Rock Gatherer [2]) is a mountain associated with the Bear Lodge Mountains of Crook County, Wyoming, (part of the Black Hills) that is considered sacred by the Lakota people, particularly for mothers in childbirth. Inyan Kara stands apart from the main body of the Black Hills, with an elevation of ...
Bears Ears Mountain is a (11,820-foot (3,600 m)) mountain located in the southern Wind River Range in the U.S. state of Wyoming. [3] Bears Ears Mountain is 1.32 mi (2.12 km) east of Mount Chauvenet and consists of two peaks which from a distance resemble the ears on a bear.