Wyoming Official Travel Guide - 2025 Wyoming Official Travel Guide

Salt to Stone Road Trip

2024-10-24 13:45:13

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Welcoming small towns brimming with local flavor and stretches of unscathed wilderness await visitors traveling from Salt Lake City into southwest Wyoming and northward to Yellowstone. The Salt to Stone region is a colorful adventureland waiting to be discovered by road trippers. Trace the footsteps of mountain men and women, discover dreamy vistas by foot, bike or car — and tour museums and attractions that showcase Western culture at its finest.

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STARTING POINT ROUTE A: EVANSTON DOWNTOWN VISITOR CENTER

ROUTE A (FROM EVANSTON)

A Roundhouse & Rail Yards | Evanston

Evanston is home to one of the only remaining complete roundhouses on the old Union Pacific line between Omaha and Sacramento.

B Fort Bridger state Historic Site | Fort Bridger

Tour restored buildings highlighting the history of this 19th-century fur-trading post, a vital supply stop for wagon trains traversing the Oregon, California and Mormon trails.

C Fossil Country Frontier Museum | Kemmerer

A sampling of annual exhibits at this hidden gem includes a replica coal mine, bootlegging stills and a preserved footprint of a hadrosaurid (aka, a duck-billed dino).

D star Valley scenic Byway

This picturesque 80-mile stretch of Highway 89 starts at the Idaho–Wyoming border, climbs up Salt Canyon and Salt River Pass and descends into sprawling and verdant Star Valley. See the World’s Largest Elkhorn Arch, a collection of more than 3,000 shed antlers woven together over an Afton highway.

E intermittent Spring | Afton

Known as the “spring that breathes,” the Intermittent Spring near Afton is one of only three periodic springs in the world that flows on predictable intervals.

F snow King Gondola | Jackson

Ride the Snow King Mountain gondola 1,600 feet up for unparalleled snow-covered views of the Grand Tetons and the historic town of Jackson below.

STARTING POINT ROUTE B: FLAMING GORGE NATIONAL RECREATION AREA

ROUTE B (FROM GREEN RIVER)

G Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area near Green River

Named for the landscape’s natural kaleidoscopic hues, 207,636-acre Flaming Gorge is a land of living color. Tour this stretch of scenic roadway via bus tours with local guides: explorewy.com/flaming-gorge-tour.

H seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge | Green River

More than 220 bird species inhabit the refuge: Keep your eyes peeled for bald eagles, trumpeter swans and moose, or visit the family-friendly welcome center.

I Farson Mercantile & Ice Cream shop | Farson

Whether your flavor of choice is butter pecan or mint chocolate chip, a stop at Farson Mercantile — home of the “Big Cone” — for a scoop (or three) is a must.

J The Museum of the Mountain Man | Pinedale

Exhibits include an exact replica of an 1800s Sioux lodging and a life-size grizzly-bear-attack diorama — featuring frontiersman Hugh Glass and inspired by the 2015 movie “The Revenant.”

K Green River Lakes & squaretop Mountain near Pinedale

A pair of sparkling green-blue lakes in the Bridger-Teton National Forest, Green River Lakes boast awe-inspiring vistas of the Wind River Range’s photogenic 11,695-foot Squaretop Mountain.

L The National Museum of Wildlife Art | Jackson

This Jackson gem boasts more than 5,000 works of art, including pieces by Georgia O’Keeffe, Andy Warhol and John James Audubon. Plus, it delivers incredible views of the National Elk Refuge.

END POINT: YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK SOUTH ENTRANCE