List of Wyoming state parks

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Wyoming state parks map 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. Template:Efn-ua

State parks and recreation areas

Name County Size[1] Estab-
lished
Image Remarks
acres ha
Bear River State Park Uinta Script error: No such module "convert". 1991
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Within the city limits of Evanston
Boysen State Park Fremont Script error: No such module "convert". 1956
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Surrounds the Boysen Reservoir
Buffalo Bill State Park Park Script error: No such module "convert". 1957
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Surrounds the Buffalo Bill Reservoir
Curt Gowdy State Park Laramie Script error: No such module "convert". 1971
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Recreation on and around three reservoirs
Edness K. Wilkins State Park Natrona Script error: No such module "convert". 1981
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On the North Platte River
Glendo State Park Converse, Platte Script error: No such module "convert". 1959
File:Glendo State Park Laramie Peak.jpg
Surrounds the Glendo Reservoir
Guernsey State Park Platte Script error: No such module "convert". 1925
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Surrounds the Guernsey Reservoir
Hawk Springs State Recreation Area Goshen Script error: No such module "convert". 1987
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On Hawk Springs Reservoir
Hot Springs State Park Hot Springs Script error: No such module "convert". 1897
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On the Big Horn River in Thermopolis
Keyhole State Park Crook Script error: No such module "convert". 1952
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Surrounds the Keyhole Reservoir
Seminoe State Park Carbon Script error: No such module "convert". 1965
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On the Seminoe Reservoir
Sinks Canyon State Park Fremont Script error: No such module "convert". 1971
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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 Script error: No such module "convert".
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Pyramid designed by Henry Hobson Richardson, dedicated to Union Pacific Railroad financiers Oakes and Oliver Ames
Camp Douglas Officers’ Club Douglas Script error: No such module "convert".
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World War II internment camp for prisoners of war
Connor Battlefield Ranchester Script error: No such module "convert".
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Site of the Battle of the Tongue River
Fort Bonneville Sublette County Script error: No such module "convert".
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Fortified winter camp and fur trading post stablished in 1832 by Captain Benjamin Bonneville
Fort Bridger Uinta County Script error: No such module "convert".
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United States Army outpost during the Utah War
Fort Fetterman Converse County Script error: No such module "convert".
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Ruins of wooden fort constructed in 1867 by the United States Army
Fort Fred Steele Carbon County Script error: No such module "convert".
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Ruins of fort established in 1868 by the United States Army
Fort Phil Kearny Johnson County Script error: No such module "convert".
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United States Army outpost from the 1860s on the Bozeman Trail
Fort Reno Johnson County Script error: No such module "convert".
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Site of wooden fortification established in Dakota Territory by the United States Army in 1865
Granger Stage Station Granger Script error: No such module "convert".
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Station on the Pony Express (1860-1861) and the Overland Trail
Historic Governors' Mansion Cheyenne Script error: No such module "convert".
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Governor's mansion from 1905 to 1976
Independence Rock Natrona County Script error: No such module "convert".
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Prominent granite landmark for travelers on the Oregon, Mormon, and California trails
Legend Rock State Archaeological Site Hot Springs County Script error: No such module "convert".
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Near vertical cliff with more than 92 prehistoric petroglyph panels and 300 petroglyph figures
Medicine Lodge State Archeological Site Big Horn County Script error: No such module "convert".
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Sandstone cliff with hundreds of Native American petroglyphs and pictographs
Names Hill Lincoln County Script error: No such module "convert".
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Bluff near a crossing on the Green River where travelers on the Oregon and California trails carved their names
Oregon Trail Ruts Platte County Script error: No such module "convert".
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Remnants of the Oregon Trail's westward migration worn into sandstone
Piedmont Charcoal Kilns Uinta County Script error: No such module "convert".
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Remnants of the charcoal-making industry in southwestern Wyoming
Platte River Crossing Carbon County Script error: No such module "convert". Point at which the Overland Trail crossed the North Platte River
Point of Rocks Stage Station Sweetwater County Script error: No such module "convert".
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Meeting point of the Overland Trail and the Union Pacific Railroad
Quebec-One Missile Alert Facility Laramie County Script error: No such module "convert".
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Register Cliff Platte County Script error: No such module "convert".
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Navigational landmark on the Oregon Trail
South Pass City Fremont County Script error: No such module "convert".
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Surviving "ghost town" on the Oregon Trail
Trail End Sheridan Script error: No such module "convert".
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Mansion of cattleman and politician John B. Kendrick
Woodruff Cabin Site Hot Springs County Script error: No such module "convert". Location of the first European-American settlement in the Big Horn Basin
Wyoming Pioneer Memorial Museum Douglas Script error: No such module "convert". Collections of materials related to the westward expansion
Wyoming Territorial Prison Laramie Script error: No such module "convert".
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Federal penitentiary from 1872 to 1890; state prison from 1890 to 1901

See also

Notes

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References

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External links

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