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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 ...
A major relocation project for the Flagg Ranch concession operation (consisting of a lodge, gas station, camp store, cabins and a campground) from along the Snake River to a point higher up and less visible from the road was completed in 2002. Rafting is a popular activity during the summer and guided snowmobile tours use the parkway as a ...
Horses on the Pryor Mountains Wild Horse Range in Montana. The BLM distinguishes between "herd areas" (HA) where feral horse and burro herds existed at the time of the passage of the Wild and Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971, and "Herd Management Areas" (HMA) where the land is currently managed for the benefit of horses and burros, though "as a component" of public lands, part of ...
Wild horses in the Pryor Mountains along the Wyoming-Montana border Bighorn Lake in the South District. Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area is a national recreation area established by an act of Congress on October 15, 1966, following the construction of the Yellowtail Dam by the Bureau of Reclamation.
Other terms used for this type are boondocking, dry camping or wild camping to describe camping without connection to any services such as water, sewage, electricity, and Wi-Fi. [3] [4] [5] Many national forests and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands throughout the United States offer primitive campgrounds with no facilities whatsoever. [6] [7]
The Platte River Wilderness is primarily located in south central Wyoming, with a small section extending into Colorado in the United States.Located entirely within Medicine Bow - Routt National Forest, the wilderness was created in 1984 to protect the forestlands adjacent to the North Platte River.
U.S. Wilderness Areas do not allow motorized or mechanized vehicles, including bicycles.Although camping and fishing are allowed with proper permit, no roads or buildings are constructed and there is also no logging or mining, in compliance with the 1964 Wilderness Act.
Sinks Canyon State Park is a public recreation and nature preservation area located in the Wind River Mountains, six miles (9.7 km) southwest of Lander, Wyoming, on Wyoming Highway 131. The state park is named for a portion of the Middle Fork of the Popo Agie River where it flows into an underground limestone cavern, named "the Sinks," and ...