Wyoming’s Scenic Byways NO MATTER WHERE YOU’RE HEADED, IT’S EASY TO TAKE THE SCENIC ROUTE. 212 WY DRIVE? 11 Shell Dayton 14 14 89 2 14 Lovell 191 8 7 Waipiti Powell 14 ALT Cody Greybull 14 3 16 Sheridan 58 miles Oregon Trail Historic Byway From Guernsey to the Wyoming–Nebraska border Sundance HIGHLIGHTS: Follows the 15 Worland Bu alo Hyattville Ten Sleep Gillette 90 116 route traversed by Oregon Trail travelers; historical sites like Fort Laramie and Register Cliff 585 9 18 25 5 16 191 26 Newcastle 15 Thermopolis Dubois 32 miles Red Gulch/Alkali Scenic Backway Jackson 21 Pinedale 20 From Shell to Hyattville HIGHLIGHTS: Geological 20 Shoshoni Alpine Star Valley wonders like the red hills of the Chugwater formation and the Bighorn Mountains Waltman 26 Riverton 19 89 232 Casper Douglas 16 Guernsey Alcova 4 Kemmerer 16 Wheatland 64 miles Seminoe to Alcova Scenic Backway From Sinclair to Alcova HIGHLIGHTS: Travels 26 Cokeville 14 25 through the rugged Seminoe Mountains; fishing on the North Platte River Rawlins Green River 80 530 13 6 150 Sinclair Rock Springs 191 Evanston 10 Baggs Saratoga 17 17 Pine Blus 80 29 miles Snowy Range Scenic Byway 1 70 Laramie Centennial From Centennial to Saratoga HIGHLIGHTS: Crosses the Encampment Cheyenne Medicine Bow Range; plenty of excellent camping spots and fishing holes 12 1 57 miles 100 mi 18 Battle Pass Scenic Byway 5 78 miles Black Hills Scenic Byway 8 47 miles Chief Joseph Scenic Byway 11 From Encampment to Baggs HIGHLIGHTS: Battle Pass ghost town and Battle Lake; stunning fall foliage From Newcastle to the Wyoming–South Dakota border HIGHLIGHTS: Western gateway From Cody to the Beartooth Scenic Highway HIGHLIGHTS: Crosses the 27 miles Medicine Wheel Passage Scenic Byway 101 miles South Big Horn/ Red Wall Scenic Backway From Casper to Waltman HIGHLIGHTS: Vistas of From Burgess Junction to Lovell HIGHLIGHTS: Sights of 13,000-vast prairie, wind-carved rock formations and crimson-hued mesas 2 68 miles Beartooth Scenic Highway to the Black Hills; historical points of interest like Cambria ghost town Shoshone National Forest through the Absaroka Mountains to Clarks Fork Valley foot peaks and the Bighorn Basin; birding and elk-viewing opportunities 19 80 miles Star Valley Scenic Byway From the Wyoming–Montana border in Park County to Red Lodge, Montana HIGHLIGHTS: Panoramas of 6 20 miles Bridger Valley Historic Byway 9 47 miles Cloud Peak Skyway 12 78 miles Mirror Lake Scenic Byway From Alpine to Geneva, Idaho HIGHLIGHTS: Sprawling glacial lakes, dense forests and the Absaroka Mountains From Exit 34 to Exit 48 on I-80 HIGHLIGHTS: Once the point From Buffalo to Ten Sleep HIGHLIGHTS: Views of Ten From Evanston to Kamas, Utah HIGHLIGHTS: Views of the Star Valley and Snake River Canyon; beautiful wildflowers in the summer 3 58 miles Bighorn Scenic Byway where the Mormon Trail, Transcontinental Railroad and other historical routes met; Fort Bridger National Historic Site Sleep Canyon, Cloud Peak Wilderness and the Bighorn Mountains Uinta Mountains and shimmer-ing Mirror Lake 20 From Dayton to Shell HIGHLIGHTS: Views of Bighorn 10 National Forest, Shell Canyon and Shell Falls 7 28 miles Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway 100 miles Flaming Gorge-Green River Basin Scenic Byway 13 25 miles Muddy Creek Historic Backway 34 miles Wind River Canyon Scenic Byway From Shoshoni to Thermopolis HIGHLIGHTS: Wind River 4 68 miles Big Spring Scenic Backway From Cody to Yellowstone National Park HIGHLIGHTS: Follows the From Green River to Rock Springs HIGHLIGHTS: Flaming Gorge From Fort Bridger to Piedmont ghost town HIGHLIGHTS: Piedmont ghost Indian Reservation; Wind River Canyon’s ancient rock formations From Kemmerer to Cokeville HIGHLIGHTS: Wagon ruts left North Fork of the Shoshone River to Yellowstone’s east entrance National Recreation Area’s eye-catching red-rock forma-tions and reservoir town and Muddy Creek (once a popular camping spot for trail-traveling emigrants headed west) 21 163 miles Wyoming Centennial Scenic Byway From Pinedale to Dubois HIGHLIGHTS: Traces four river by settlers in the mid-1800s; chances to spot moose and elk corridors; breathtaking views of the Teton Range
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