Day Trips

Medicine Bow National Forest
Just west of Cheyenne, the Medicine Bow National Forest offers a variety of recreational opportunities and natural attractions, including the Vedauwoo Recreation Area and the Snowy Range Ski Area.      (307) 745-2300.

Snowy Range Ski Area
Located about 80 miles west of Cheyenne. Downhill and cross-country skiing; snowmobiling in the winter. Summer hiking and scenic drives. (307)745-2300. Click Here 

Wyoming Territorial Prison State Historic Site

Features a restored 19th-century prison, rotating exhibits, a country church, ranch, re-created frontier town, special events and a dinner theater. The 1872 Wyoming Territorial Prison is the only prison in which outlaw Butch Cassidy was incarcerated.  The Horse Barn Dinner Theatre features summer theater and a chuckwagon style meal.

In Laramie, 45 miles west of Cheyenne, at 975 Snowy Range Rd. off     I-80. (307) 745-6161 or Click Here

Fort Laramie National Historic Site
Located 80 miles north of Cheyenne. Fort Laramie was built in 1834 as a fur trading post. The military acquired it in 1849 and used it as a post from 1849 to 1890 to guard the wagons along the various trails that went through the area. Open year round. (307) 837-2221. Click Here

Oregon Trail Ruts & Register Cliff/Guernsey, Wyoming
Ruts carved into sandstone by wagon trains heading west along the Oregon Trail are located west of Gurnsey, and 80 miles North of Cheyenne. Register Cliffs was a resting point along the Oregon Trail where travelers stopped for the night and carved their names in the sandstone cliffs. Self-guided tours of both sites. (307) 777-6323.

Curt Gowdy State Park
Located 26 miles west of Cheyenne along Highway 210. Excellent for camping, boating, hiking and fishing. (307) 632-7946.  Click Here

Vedauwoo Recreation Area
Known for spectacular granite rock formations. The Vedauwoo Recreation Area is located in the Medicine Bow National Forest, about 25 miles West of Cheyenne. Sightsee, hike, mountainbike, or picnic in these awesome rocks. (307) 745-2300. Click Here

Ames Monument
Ames Monument is a truely unique state historic site west of Cheyenne, about 25 miles. The monument is a 60 foot pyramid built in 1883 as a monument to Oliver and Oakes Ames, who were instrumental in the construction of the first transcontinental railroad. (307) 777-6323 or (307) 632-7946.