Bed & Breakfast Inns and Ranches of Wyoming

 

I-90 Northern Corridor

The northern corridor covers four distinct regions - the Black Hills in the east, Powder River Country in the center, the Big Horn Basin to the west, and Yellowstone National Park in the far northwest corner.

 
 

Adventures in the Black Hills

 
  Our tree covered hills are mountains by most people's standards, and to the Sioux nation, this is the sacred land.  As you visit their most sacred places - Devils Tower (Bear Lodge), Inyan Kara Mountain, and Sundance Mountain (Temple of the Sioux) - take time to absorb the unique beauty of our region.  
 

"Snowmobiling" :: Rick Carpenter  Snowmobile trails in the Black Hills of Wyoming

  
 

"Snowmobiling" :: Rick Carpenter  Snowmobile trails in the Bear Lodge Mountains

  
     
  Aladdin   1890 Post Office and General Store  
  Custer Expedition ruts are three miles west on WY Hwy 24.  
  Beulah   Ranch A  
  Vore Buffalo Jump used from A.D. 800 to 1600 as a site for killing buffalo.  
  Devils Tower   An ancient volcanic core, Devils Tower has a visitor's center and several miles of hiking trails.  It became the first national monument in 1906.  
  Moorcroft
 city information		   Jubilee Days (July)  
  Keyhole State Park and Reservoir  
 

Newcastle
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   Plains west of Newcastle

   Anna Miller Museum features natural and pioneer history items including a horse-drawn hearse, a carnival noise maker, freak animals, and the Jenny Stockade cabin.  
  Beaver Creek loop tour through the historic Beaver Creek area.  Contact the Chamber of Commerce for more details.  
  Flying V Cambria Inn, a Tudor-style inn on the National Register of Historic Places, was built in 1928 as a memorial to the Cambria miners.  Eight miles north on US Hwy 85.  
  Sundance
 city information		   Sundance Mountain located just east of Sundance has an enjoyable hiking trail that climbs 800' to the summit.  
  Crook County Museum features a collection of natural and social history including mementos of Harry Longabaugh - the "Sundance Kid".  
  Inyan Kara Mountain is located 11 miles south on WY Hwy 116.  
  Upton
 city information		   Red Onion Museum features tools and equipment used by early pioneers with a special display of homestead homemaker's tools.  
 



 

  
 

Powder River Adventures

  
  Many strong peoples have claimed this land, as evidenced by the historic battlefields scattered across the Powder River Country.  Here, soldiers fought Indians, outlaws hid from lawmen, and old breed cattle kings fought upstart ranchers.

North Piney Creek :: Hitchin' Post Lodge
North Piney Creek

This country is not civilized, but as Crow Chief Arapooish described it, "The Crow country is just right.  The water is clear and sweet.  There are plenty of buffalo, elk, deer, antelope and mountain sheep.  It is the best wintering place in the world and has plenty of game.  Is it any wonder that the Crows have fought long and hard to defend this country, which we love so much?"

Red Wall and the southern Bighorn Mountains
Red Wall - southern Bighorn Mountains

 

Northern Big Horn Mountains near Dayton, Wyoming
Dayton - northern Bighorn Mountains

  
 

"Snowmobiling" :: Rick Carpenter  Snowmobile trails in the Big Horn Mountains

  
     
  Big Horn   Bradford Brinton Memorial - The Moncreiffe's luxurious ranch home now houses over 600 works of western art by Remington, Russell, Kleiber, and others.  
  Bozeman Trail Museum, housed in an 1881 blacksmith shop, features local memorabilia, photographs, and a display of local brands.  
  Buffalo
 city information		 "Snowmobiling" :: Rick Carpenter  Buffalo area snowmobile trails  
  Cloud Peak Skyway (US Hwy 16 to Ten Sleep) crosses the southern end of the Bighorn Mountains at 9,666' Powder River Pass before descending down Ten Sleep Canyon.  
  Dry Creek Petrified Forest (map) - seven miles south of Buffalo off I-90.  An easy 3/4 mile interpretive trail loops through petrified metasequoia trees.  
  Fort McKinney - three original buildings  
  Jim Gatchell Museum highlights the Johnson County War and the Bozeman Trail with several scale models of local military battles.  
  Occidental Hotel living history museum  
  Dayton
 city information		   Bighorn Scenic Byway (US Hwy 14 from Dayton to Shell) crosses 9,033' Granite Pass over the northern Bighorn Mountains.  
  Tongue River Canyon Hiking Trail ascends the canyon through impressive rock formations and a pegged rock climbing route.  
  Gillette
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   Coal mine tours available Monday through Friday during summer months.  Special tours are available in the fall and winter.  Call 307.686.0040  

Shale slide south of Gillette, Wyoming
Scoria Slide south of Gillette
  Rockpile Museum features guns, ranching, farming, and transportation items, textiles, and Native American artifacts.  
  Kaycee
 city information		   Hole-in-the-Wall (outlaw hide-out)  
  Hoofprints of the Past Museum displays artifacts from early settlers, outlaws, and the Johnson County War.  
  Midwest
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  Bozeman Trail ruts - 25 miles northeast on WY Hwy 387

  
  Salt Creek Museum exhibits cover the Salt Creek oil fields from 1889 to the present.  Call 307.437.6513 for an appointment.  
  Ranchester
 city information		   Connor Battlefield Historic Site where General P. E. Conner engaged an Arapaho village during the Powder River Expedition of 1865.  
  Sawyer Fight site - marker  
  Sheridan
 city information		   King Saddlery Museum features over 500 saddles and other western, cowboy, and Native American artifacts.  
  Fort Mackenzie - original buildings  
  Sheridan Inn built in 1893 was once the finest between Chicago and San Francisco.  Presidents Roosevelt, Taft, and Hoover were guests here.  
  Trail End State Historic Site, Flemish Revival style mansion, was home to famous Wyoming politician John Kendrick.  
  Story   Bozeman Trail ruts  
  Fetterman Battlefield

Story Valley :: Hitchin' Post Lodge
Story Valley

  
  Fort Phil Kearny - reconstructed building houses a museum  
  Wagon Box fight  
  Sussex   Fort Reno - historical marker  
  Wright
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Elk south of Wright, Wyoming
Elk south of Wright

  

  Durham Buffalo Ranch with buffalo roaming over 55,000 acres.  Call 307.939.1271 for tours available by appointment to groups only.

 
  Wright Centennial Museum focuses on the daily lives of area homesteaders, sheep and cattle ranchers, and the growth of the energy industry.  
 



 

  
 

Big Horn Basin Adventures

  
  The Big Horn Basin is a splendid place to find the old west, as well as the eastern gateway to Yellowstone.  The region's open landscapes have a vigorous beauty framed by five mountain ranges.  Much of the Basin's intrigue comes from its complex blend of western stories told through geology, paleontology, Native American and Old West history, and a traditional western way of life.

Bighorn Mountains south of Shell, Wyoming
Bighorn Mountains from Red Gulch / Alkali Back Country Byway

  
 

"Snowmobiling" :: Rick Carpenter  Snowmobile trails in the Bighorn Mountains

  
     
  Cody
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North Fork west of Cody, Wyoming
North Fork west of Cody

   Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway (US Hwy 14-16-20 from Cody to Yellowstone) follows the North Fork of the Shoshone River.  
  Buffalo Bill Dam when completed in 1910 was the highest dam in the world at 325 feet.  It was 108 feet wide at the base and 10 feet wide at the top.  
  Buffalo Bill Historic Center features world-class collections in five distinct museums:  Whitney Gallery of Western Art, Plains Indian Museum, Buffalo Bill Museum, Cody Firearms Museum, and the Draper Museum of Natural History  
  Buffalo Bill State Park  
  Cody Night Rodeos  
  Cody Wildlife Exhibit features over 500 North American, South American, and African animals on display in their native habitats.  
  Chief Joseph Scenic Byway (WY Hwy 296 northwest of Cody) crosses 8,060' Dead Indian Summit then winds its way through the Sunlight Basin following the escape route of Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce tribe.  
  Old Trail Town features 26 historic Park County buildings dating from 1879-1901 on the original Cody town site.  
  Park County Historical Society has manuscript files, photographs, and artifacts from the Charles Hader collection.  
  Sleeping Giant ski area - 50 miles west on US Hwy 14-16-20.  
  Tecumsah's Old West Miniature Village depicts the history of Wyoming through the 19th century.  
  Greybull
 city information		   Devil's Kitchen east on US Hwy 14 features colorful Cloverly rock formations.  Enjoy a hiking tour through the picturesque "Badland" spires.  
  Greybull Museum displays Indian apparel & artifacts, guns, old weapons, and other historical items from early pioneers.  
  Museum of Flight and Aerial Firefighting contains a nice collection of vintage airplanes.  
  Wyoming State Flag Flower garden at the west end of Greybull Avenue is a huge flower garden in the shape of the Wyoming flag.  
  Hamilton Dome   Legend Rock Petroglyphs - five miles north.  The site contains over 250 petroglyphs dating from A.D. 500.  Visitation of the site must be arranged through Hot Springs State Park headquarters in Thermopolis.  
  Hyattville   Medicine Lodge State Archeological Site  enjoy the Paintrock Pictographs and petroglyphs on the cliff walls.  Small visitor center, camping area, and fishing.  
  Red Gulch / Alkali Back Country Byway (gravel road from Hyattville to US Hwy 14 between Shell and Greybull).  Be sure to check locally on road conditions as the middle section of road which winds up into the Bighorns can be quite rough.  The section from Red Gulch Dinosaur Track Site to US Hwy 14 is well maintained.  
  Lovell
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Devil's Canyon overlook near Lovell, Wyoming
Devil's Canyon

   Big Horn Canyon Recreation Area - pictures  
  Devil's Canyon overlook - 20 miles northeast on WY Hwy 37.  Fantastic views of an entrenched meandering river.  
  Medicine Wheel - 27 miles east of Lovell off US Hwy 14A.  Pre-historic site discovered in 1885 but old when the Shoshone came to the area in the early 1500's.  
  Medicine Wheel Passage (US Hwy 14A from base of Bighorns to Burgess Jct) crosses the 9,430' Summit.  
  Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range, the nation's first, stretches across 47,000 acres of this rugged desert country.  
  Meeteetse
 city information		   Bank Museum displays banking artifacts from early Meeteetse.  
  Belden Museum of Western Photography focusing on artifacts and photographs of the historic Pitchfork Ranch.  
  Great Arrow, a 58-foot rock arrow that points northeast toward the Medicine Wheel.  
  Hall Museum displays artifacts from the local area and is housed in the Masonic Hall built in 1900.  
  Powell
 city information		   Agricultural Tours (full day & half day)  
  Heart Mountain Relocation Center temporary home to more than 14,000  Japanese Americans forced from their homes after the attack on Pearl Harbor - pictures  
  Homesteader Museum features farm tools, Indian artifacts, Heart Mountain Relocation Camp memorabilia, and a homestead kitchen.  
  Shell
Shell's first pioneers


Shell Canyon at dusk

   Antelope Butte Ski Area - 15 miles east on US Hwy 14  

  Red Gulch Dinosaur Track Site displays Jurassic period dinosaur tracks frozen in time.  Restrooms and picnic area.  On Red Gulch / Alkali Back Country Byway (gravel road leaves US Hwy 14 about 5 miles west of Shell and goes to Hyattville.)


Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite
"Tracks" Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite :: Shell, Wyoming

  
  Shell Canyon & Falls - Informative walking trails at the Shell Canyon Interpretive Site, 10 miles east on US Hwy 14, allow for a breathtaking view of the falls and surrounding canyon.  Handicap accessible.  
  Stone Schoolhouse - 7 miles west on US Hwy 14  
  Ten Sleep
 city information		   Big Horn Ski Resort - 15 miles east on US Hwy 16  
  Pioneer Museum has an old sheep wagon and other items commemorating the Spring Creek Raid.  
  Thermopolis
 city information		   Hot Springs County Museum with a large collection of local history items including the original Hole-in-the-Wall bar.  
  Hot Springs State Park - the largest hot springs in the world flows 2,500 gallons of 135 degree water per minute.  
  Old West Wax Museum with more than 50 life-size wax figures in 20 Western frontier historical dioramas.  
  Wind River Canyon is twelve miles long and the southern gateway into the Big Horn Basin.  
  Wyoming Dinosaur Center features an extensive collection of dinosaurs from the area and around the world.  
  Worland
 city information		   Washakie Museum features displays that interpret the living environments of ancient residents up to early pioneers including the Colby Site display, the earliest mammoth kill site in North America.  
 



 

  
 

Adventures in Yellowstone National Park

 
  Yellowstone is the grandest and oldest of our nation's parks and the undisputed primary tourist attraction of the state.  Many people queue up to drive through the Park, not realizing that some of its more glorious features are only accessible on foot.  Even if you don't have the time to leave the roads, Yellowstone is a wonderful place where many of the rules of nature seem to rewrite themselves.


Bison at Twilight

  
 

"Snowmobiling" :: Rick Carpenter  Snowmobile trails in Yellowstone National Park

  
 

"Snowmobiling" :: Rick Carpenter  Snowmobile trails in the Bear Tooth Mountains

  
 

  Yellowstone Tidbits

  
     
  Canyon Jct.   Yellowstone Falls  
  Lake Jct.   Fishing Bridge Museum displays waterfowl exhibits.  
  Mud Volcanoes  
  Madison Jct.   Madison Explorer's Museum commemorates Yellowstone as the first national park.  
  Mammoth Springs Jct.   Fort Yellowstone - original buildings  
  Mammoth Hot Springs  
  Norris Jct.   Norris Geyser Basin  
  Norris Museum interprets the geologic and biologic story of the Norris Geyser Basin.  
  Old Faithful   Old Faithful Geyser  
  Old Faithful Inn  
  Silver Gate   Beartooth Scenic Byway (US Hwy 212 to Red Lodge, MT) over 10,947' Beartooth Pass.  
  Tower Jct.   Specimen Ridge - click here for map  
  Tower Falls  


Updated: 01/03/2008


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