Wyoming Official Travelers Journal 2008 - (Page 12) DON’T MISS THESE garrisoned post in Wyoming, built in 1834 by the Rocky Mountain Fur Company. Located SW of Fort Laramie off U.S. Route 26. (www.nps.gov/fola) Fort Laramie National Historical Site The first NATIONAL TREASURES of public land in Western Wyoming with more than 30,000 miles of road and trail and thousands of miles of unspoiled rivers and streams. (www.fs.fed.us/btnf) snow-clad mountains and lovely meadows make the Shoshone National Forest one of Northwest Wyoming’s most popular spots. (www.fs.fed.us/r2/shoshone) Shoshone National Forest Sagebrush flats, rugged Bridger-Teton National Forest 3.4 million acres Spectacular scenery and unspoiled geological wonders abound in this northwest Wyoming jewel. NE of Lovell on Hwy. 37. (www.nps.gov/bica) Wyoming treasure, the Bighorn National Forest offers expansive grasslands, crystal clear mountain lakes and rolling hills. Keep an eye out for bighorn sheep, of course, as well as moose and elk. (www.fs.fed.us/r2/bighorn) eastern Wyoming (and stretching into southwestern South Dakota), the Black Hills National Forest is 1.2 million gorgeous acres ranging in elevation as high as 7,242 feet. (www.fs.fed.us/r2/blackhills) Black Hills National Forest Located in NorthBighorn National Forest A North Central Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area is on full display here, where visitors hunt, hike, fish and scope out the wildlife. The area spans nearly three million acres from the north and eastern borders of Wyoming south to the I-70 corridor that traverses north central Colorado. (www.fs.fed.us/r2/mbr) recreation area in Ashley National Forest in SW Wyoming comprises some 201,000 acres of scenic land, which surrounds Flaming Gorge Reservoir. Accessible through Green River on Hwy. 530 or through Rock Springs on Hwy. 191. (www.fs.fed.us/r4/ashley/) the south side of the North Platte River about a half mile south of the town of Guernsey, the Oregon Trail Ruts provide striking physical evidence of thousands of Americans in their migration westward across the Plains between 1841 and 1869. (www.wyoparks.state.wy.us/ORslide.htm) Oregon Trail Ruts National Landmark Located on Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area This Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest/Thunder Basin National Grassland Nature’s rugged beauty Photography: (Above) Fishing in Shoshone National Forest. (Right) In the Bighorn National Forest at Shell Falls. ©Fred Pflughoft, Fred Pflughoft 12 Wyoming Official Travelers Journal
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