STOP 1 STOP 2 STOP 3 STOP 4 STOP 5 STOP 6 START ROAD TRIP Beulah Aladdin Hulett/ Sundance Gillette Kaycee Buffalo = ACCESSIBLE ATTRACTION Visitor Centers • Beulah • Buffalo • Cody • Gillette • Greybull • Meeteetse • Powell • Sheridan • Wright Stories of the American West echo throughout the Black to Yellow region, home to kaleidoscopic landscapes and iconic sights. During your journey from northeast Wyoming’s Black Hills to Yellowstone, discover geologic marvels, dense evergreen forests and sprawling prairielands. Step into the past to meet larger-than-life characters like Buffalo Bill Cody and find out what life was like in Wyoming during different periods in history. BIGHORN CANYON NATIONAL RECREATION AREA State Parks & National Forests • Bighorn National Forest • Black Hills National Forest • Buffalo Bill State Park • Keyhole State Park • Shoshone National Forest Lovell J G Sheridan Cody l Yellowstone National Park Meeteetse H Greybull Bu alo F Gillette D K Worland Kaycee STARTING POINT: WYOMING-SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER, NEAR NORTHEAST WYOMING WELCOME CENTER, BEULAH E near Beulah Stop by the small interpretive center to gain insight into how this natural sinkhole was used as a buffalo jump (or trap) from about 1500 to 1800 A.D. by at least five different Native American tribes. Aladdin Groceries, fishing supplies, Western wear and antiques are just a few things you’ll find at this gem, a general store built in 1896. Be sure to pick up some old-fashioned candy or a sarsaparilla to enjoy on the front porch. a Vore Buffalo Jump b Aladdin general Store near Hulett & Sundance Hike one of the four scenic trails at America’s first national monument, a 1,267-foot striated rock tower that gained fame as the filming site for Steven Spielberg’s “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.” Learn more about the monument on p. 51. Gillette Walk Gillette’s thriving Main Street for its homegrown shops, delicious local restaurants and a handy visitor center all in the heart of town. Stop at The Ice Cream Cafe for a hand-scooped cone when you’re done. c Devils Tower National Monument d gillette’s Main Street near Kaycee Eroded by the elements, this towering red-sandstone formation and lush valley was once a hideout for cattle-rustling outlaws like Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch Gang. Now part of Willow Creek Ranch, an active cattle ranch, guests can see where the Wild Bunch spent their winters. Buffalo Browse the impressive personal collection of Jim Gatchell, a local pharmacist and historian who served settlers, frontiersmen and members of the Lakota and Northern Cheyenne tribes in the early 1900s. e Hole-in-the-Wall f Jim gatchell Memorial Museum 34 CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: WYOMING OFFICE OF TOURISM (3), LAURA EDMONDSON. I Ten Sleep
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