STARTING POINT: WYOMING-SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER, NEAR NORTHEAST WYOMING WELCOME CENTER, BEULAH a Vore Buffalo Jump | 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. b aladdin General store | 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. c devils Tower National Monument near Hulett & Sundance Hike trails around 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. 58. 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. d Gillette’s Main street | 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. e Crazy Woman Canyon | near Buffalo Drive a narrow dirt road through a winding canyon for idyllic, hidden-away beauty. You’ll find yourself surrounded by thick forests and the rocky Bighorn Mountains at every bend. f Jim Gatchell Memorial Museum | 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. I Lovell Cody Sheridan G Greybull Meeteetse Worland Ten Sleep Bu alo K Yellowstone National Park F J E H g The Brinton Museum | near Sheridan = ACCESSIBLE NATURAL AREAS CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: WYOMING OFFICE OF TOURISM/NEW THOUGHT DIGITAL; WYOMING OFFICE OF TOURISM/KEITH TURBITT; WYOMING OFFICE OF TOURISM. Visitor Centers • Beulah • Buffalo • Cody • Gillette • Greybull • Meeteetse • Powell • Sheridan ROUTE TO LOVELL See Wyoming history through the lens of The Brinton, an arts-focused ranch museum that tells the story of Wyoming across the centuries. h Washakie Museum & Cultural Center | Worland Exhibits on paleontology, archaeology and early settlements portray the relationship between the historical inhabitants of the Bighorn Basin and their environment. • Wright I Recreation area Bighorn Canyon National | near Lovell State Parks & National Forests • Bighorn National Forest • Black Hills National Forest • Buffalo Bill State Park • Keyhole State Park • Shoshone National Forest Highway 37, the recreation area’s south entrance, is a scenic road that passes through the Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range on the way to spectacular Devil Canyon Overlook. Hike for views of Bighorn Lake, wild horses and the massive multicolored canyon walls. Learn more on p. 57. j Meeteetse Chocolatier | Meeteetse Tim Kellogg, a cowboy turned chocolatier, makes all of Meeteetse’s artisan confections from scratch. Choose from exquisite truffle flavors like prickly pear cactus and Wyoming Whiskey. k Buffalo Bill Center of the West | Cody Immerse yourself in natural and cultural history and art at five institutions in one complex: the Plains Indian, Buffalo Bill, Draper Natural History, Whitney Western Art and Cody Firearms museums. END POINT: YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK EAST ENTRANCE SHOSHONE RIVER, CODY 36
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