List of Wyoming state parks

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

Name	County	Area		Established	Image	Remarks
Bear River State Park	Uinta	280 acres	110 hectares	1991		Within the city limits of Evanston
Boysen State Park	Fremont	35,000 acres	14,000 hectares	1956	130px	Surrounds the Boysen Reservoir
Buffalo Bill State Park	Park	11,290 acres	4,570 hectares	1957	130px	Surrounds the Buffalo Bill Reservoir
Curt Gowdy State Park	Laramie	3,400 acres	1,400 hectares	1971	130px	Recreation on and around three reservoirs
Edness K. Wilkins State Park	Natrona	362 acres	146 hectares	1981		On the North Platte River
Glendo State Park	Converse, Platte	9,930 acres	4,020 hectares			Surrounds the Glendo Reservoir
Guernsey State Park	Platte	8,600 acres	3,500 hectares	1925		Surrounds the Guernsey Reservoir
Hawk Springs State Recreation Area	Goshen	2,000 acres	810 hectares	1987	130px	Surrounds the Hawk Springs Reservoir
Hot Springs State Park	Hot Springs	1,039 acres	420 hectares	1897		On the Big Horn River in Thermopolis
Keyhole State Park	Crook	15,674 acres	6,343 hectares	1952		Surrounds the Keyhole Reservoir
Seminoe State Park	Carbon	21,641 acres	8,758 hectares	1965	130px	On the Seminoe Reservoir
Sinks Canyon State Park	Fremont	600 acres	240 hectares			Underground river on the Middle Fork of the Popo Agie River

State-administered historic sites

Name	Locality	Image	Remarks
Ames Monument Historic Site	Albany County		Pyramid designed by Henry Hobson Richardson, dedicated to Union Pacific Railroad financiers Oakes and Oliver Ames
Camp Douglas Officers’ Club State Historic Site	Douglas	130px	World War II internment camp for prisoners of war
Connor Battlefield State Historic Site	Ranchester		Site of the Battle of the Tongue River
Fort Bridger State Historic Site	Uinta County		United States Army outpost during the Utah War
Fort Fetterman State Historic Site	Converse County	130px	Ruins of wooden fort constructed in 1867 by the United States Army
Fort Fred Steele State Historic Site	Carbon County	130px	Ruins of fort established in 1868 by the United States Army
Fort Phil Kearny State Historic Site	Johnson County		United States Army outpost from the 1860s on the Bozeman Trail
Granger Stage Station State Historic Site	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 State Historic Site	Natrona County		Prominent granite landmark for travelers on the Oregon, Mormon, and California trails
Legend Rock State Petroglyph Site	Hot Springs County		Near vertical cliff with more than 92 prehistoric petroglyph panels and 300 petroglyph figures
Medicine Lodge Archaeological Site	Big Horn County		Sandstone cliff with hundreds of Native American petroglyphs and pictographs
Names Hill Historic Site	Lincoln County	130px	Bluff near a crossing on the Green River where travelers on the Oregon and California trails carved their names
Oregon Trail Ruts	Platte County	130px	Remnants of the Oregon Trail's westward migration worn into sandstone
Piedmont Charcoal Kilns State Historic Site	Uinta County		Remnants of the charcoal-making industry in southwestern Utah
South Pass City State Historic Site	Fremont County		Surviving "ghost town" on the Oregon Trail
Trail End State Historic Site	Sheridan		Mansion of cattleman and politician John B. Kendrick
Wyoming Pioneer Museum	Douglas		Collections of materials related to the westward expansion
Wyoming Territorial Prison State Historic Site	Laramie	130px	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

External links

• Wyoming State Parks, Historic Sites & Trails
• Google Map of 13 State Parks