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<ref name=soar2021/> Estab-
lished
Image Remarks
acres ha
Bear River State Park Uinta Template:Convert 1991
Within the city limits of Evanston
Boysen State Park Fremont Template:Convert 1956
Surrounds the Boysen Reservoir
Buffalo Bill State Park Park Template:Convert 1957
Surrounds the Buffalo Bill Reservoir
Curt Gowdy State Park Laramie Template:Convert 1971
Recreation on and around three reservoirs
Edness K. Wilkins State Park Natrona Template:Convert 1981
On the North Platte River
Glendo State Park Converse, Platte Template:Convert 1959
Surrounds the Glendo Reservoir
Guernsey State Park Platte Template:Convert 1925
Surrounds the Guernsey Reservoir
Hawk Springs State Recreation Area Goshen Template:Convert 1987
On Hawk Springs Reservoir
Hot Springs State Park Hot Springs Template:Convert 1897
On the Big Horn River in Thermopolis
Keyhole State Park Crook Template:Convert 1952
Surrounds the Keyhole Reservoir
Seminoe State Park Carbon Template:Convert 1965
On the Seminoe Reservoir
Sinks Canyon State Park Fremont Template:Convert 1971
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 Template:Convert
Pyramid designed by Henry Hobson Richardson, dedicated to Union Pacific Railroad financiers Oakes and Oliver Ames
Camp Douglas Officers’ Club Douglas Template:Convert
World War II internment camp for prisoners of war
Connor Battlefield Ranchester Template:Convert
Site of the Battle of the Tongue River
Fort Bonneville Sublette County Template:Convert
Fortified winter camp and fur trading post stablished in 1832 by Captain Benjamin Bonneville
Fort Bridger Uinta County Template:Convert
United States Army outpost during the Utah War
Fort Fetterman Converse County Template:Convert
Ruins of wooden fort constructed in 1867 by the United States Army
Fort Fred Steele Carbon County Template:Convert
Ruins of fort established in 1868 by the United States Army
Fort Phil Kearny Johnson County Template:Convert
United States Army outpost from the 1860s on the Bozeman Trail
Fort Reno Johnson County Template:Convert
Site of wooden fortification established in Dakota Territory by the United States Army in 1865
Granger Stage Station Granger Template:Convert
Station on the Pony Express (1860-1861) and the Overland Trail
Historic Governors' Mansion Cheyenne Template:Convert
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Governor's mansion from 1905 to 1976
Independence Rock Natrona County Template: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 Template: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 Template:Convert
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Sandstone cliff with hundreds of Native American petroglyphs and pictographs
Names Hill Lincoln County Template: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 Template:Convert
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Remnants of the Oregon Trail's westward migration worn into sandstone
Piedmont Charcoal Kilns Uinta County Template:Convert
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Remnants of the charcoal-making industry in southwestern Wyoming
Platte River Crossing Carbon County Template:Convert Point at which the Overland Trail crossed the North Platte River
Point of Rocks Stage Station Sweetwater County Template:Convert
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Meeting point of the Overland Trail and the Union Pacific Railroad
Quebec-One Missile Alert Facility Laramie County Template:Convert
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Register Cliff Platte County Template:Convert
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Navigational landmark on the Oregon Trail
South Pass City Fremont County Template:Convert
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Surviving "ghost town" on the Oregon Trail
Trail End Sheridan Template:Convert
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Mansion of cattleman and politician John B. Kendrick
Woodruff Cabin Site Hot Springs County Template:Convert Location of the first European-American settlement in the Big Horn Basin
Wyoming Pioneer Memorial Museum Douglas Template:Convert Collections of materials related to the westward expansion
Wyoming Territorial Prison Laramie Template:Convert
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Federal penitentiary from 1872 to 1890; state prison from 1890 to 1901

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References

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