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.
State parks and recreation areas NameCountySizeEstab- lishedImage Remarks acres ha Bear River State Park Uinta 1991 Within the city limits of Evanston Boysen State Park Fremont 1956 Surrounds the Boysen Reservoir Buffalo Bill State Park Park 1957 Surrounds the Buffalo Bill Reservoir Curt Gowdy State Park Laramie 1971 Recreation on and around three reservoirs Edness K. Wilkins State Park Natrona 1981 On the North Platte River Glendo State Park Converse, Platte 1959 Surrounds the Glendo Reservoir Guernsey State Park Platte 1925 Surrounds the Guernsey Reservoir Hawk Springs State Recreation Area Goshen 1987 On Hawk Springs Reservoir Hot Springs State Park Hot Springs 1897 On the Big Horn River in Thermopolis Keyhole State Park Crook 1952 Surrounds the Keyhole Reservoir Seminoe State Park Carbon 1965 On the Seminoe Reservoir Sinks Canyon State Park Fremont 1971 Underground river on the Middle Fork of the Popo Agie River
State-administered historic sites NameLocalitySizeImage Remarks acres ha Ames Monument Albany County Pyramid designed by Henry Hobson Richardson, dedicated to Union Pacific Railroad financiers Oakes and Oliver Ames Camp Douglas Officers’ Club Douglas World War II internment camp for prisoners of war Connor Battlefield Ranchester Site of the Battle of the Tongue River Fort Bonneville Sublette County Fortified winter camp and fur trading post stablished in 1832 by Captain Benjamin Bonneville Fort Bridger Uinta County United States Army outpost during the Utah War Fort Fetterman Converse County Ruins of wooden fort constructed in 1867 by the United States Army Fort Fred Steele Carbon County Ruins of fort established in 1868 by the United States Army Fort Phil Kearny Johnson County United States Army outpost from the 1860s on the Bozeman Trail Fort Reno Johnson County Site of wooden fortification established in Dakota Territory by the United States Army in 1865 Granger Stage Station Granger Station on the Pony Express (1860-1861) and the Overland Trail Historic Governors' Mansion Cheyenne Governor's mansion from 1905 to 1976 Independence Rock Natrona County Prominent granite landmark for travelers on the Oregon, Mormon, and California trails Legend Rock State Archaeological Site Hot Springs County Near vertical cliff with more than 92 prehistoric petroglyph panels and 300 petroglyph figures Medicine Lodge State Archeological Site Big Horn County Sandstone cliff with hundreds of Native American petroglyphs and pictographs Names Hill Lincoln County Bluff near a crossing on the Green River where travelers on the Oregon and California trails carved their names Oregon Trail Ruts Platte County Remnants of the Oregon Trail's westward migration worn into sandstone Piedmont Charcoal Kilns Uinta County Remnants of the charcoal-making industry in southwestern Wyoming Platte River Crossing Carbon County Point at which the Overland Trail crossed the North Platte River Point of Rocks Stage Station Sweetwater County Meeting point of the Overland Trail and the Union Pacific Railroad Quebec-One Missile Alert Facility Laramie County Register Cliff Platte County Navigational landmark on the Oregon Trail South Pass City Fremont County Surviving "ghost town" on the Oregon Trail Trail End Sheridan Mansion of cattleman and politician John B. Kendrick Woodruff Cabin Site Hot Springs County Location of the first European-American settlement in the Big Horn Basin Wyoming Pioneer Memorial Museum Douglas Collections of materials related to the westward expansion Wyoming Territorial Prison Laramie Federal penitentiary from 1872 to 1890; state prison from 1890 to 1901
See also List of U.S. national parks List of U.S. state parks
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External links Wyoming State Parks, Historic Sites & Trails Google Map of 13 State Parks