BLACK To YeLLoW BLACK REGION TO YELLOW Big Lost Meadery and Brewery Sip mead, a fermented honey drink, out of a horn in Gillette at Wyoming’s first meadery, or try one of their beers, like the traditional Irish Red. credible Stops n I e r o M iN THe oLd TRAiL ToWN @trulyfree1 ADDITIONAL IDEAS • Mountain Meadow Wool Buffalo • Heart Mountain Interpretive Center near Powell • Irma Hotel & Restaurant Cody • Shell Falls Interpretive Site Shell • Old Trail Town Cody Gillette Sheridan occidental Hotel Stay at the lovingly restored Occidental Hotel in Buffalo, once a popular stomping ground for some of the West’s most famous characters, including Teddy Roosevelt, Calamity Jane and Ernest Hemingway. @Michael & sandy • Eagle Butte Coal Mine Tours Gillette • Tongue River Canyon near Sheridan • Medicine Lodge Archaeological Site Hyattville • Crook County Museum & 1875 Gallery Sundance King’s saddlery Stop at this staple in downtown Sheridan (established in 1946) to peruse a selection of saddles, ropes and other supplies, and visit the adjacent museum to see the King family’s collection of Western memorabilia. • Medicine Wheel National Historic Landmark Lovell • Sip n Walk Historical Tour Sundance • Isabella’s Newcastle • Ten Sleep Brewing Co. Ten Sleep Head for the Hills. Red Gulch dinosaur Tracksite Explore Greybull’s expansive dino tracksite and paleontology area to see hundreds of ancient footprints made in mud during the Middle Jurassic Period — an astonishing 160 million to 180 million years ago. The Black Hills National Forest near Sundance has an impressive roster of opportunities to take in Wyoming’s famous great outdoors year-round. Take advantage of stellar hiking and mountain-biking trails and quiet campsites in the summer, or hunt for elk, deer and more in the fall (hunting license required; get yours from the Wyoming Game & Fish Department at wgfd.wyo.gov). In the winter, more than 300 miles of snowmobiling trails cater to those seeking epic powder exploits. eatons’ Ranch Experience life on a working cattle ranch while you enjoy hearty home-cooked meals and activities like horseback riding, fishing and trap shooting at America’s first dude ranch in Wolf. 44 TravelWyoming.com CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: JONATHAN PHILLIPS; INSTAGRAM/TRULYFREE1; WYOMING OFFICE OF TOURISM/JASON LINDSEY; WYOMING OFFICE OF TOURISM; WYOMING OFFICE OF TOURISM/JASON LINDSEY; FLICKR/MICHAEL & SANDY. BACKGROUND: WYOMING OFFICE OF TOURISM/JASON LINDSEY. • Durham Bison Ranch • Historical Downtown Sheridan