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Lake Marie

photo by Noel V. Hayes

 

 

 

 

Aspen Alley

photo by Tony Seahorn

 

 

 
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OVERLAND TRAIL “THE NORTH PLATTE RIVER CROSSING”

Rawlins - “OLD PEN” - Wyoming Historic State Penitentiary 1901-1981

      Carbon County Museum - western saddles, sheep wagons, “Big Nosed George” display Sinclair – Parco Hotel, Parco/Sinclair National Historic Museum

Fort Steele – Cemetery, stone corrals, interpretive trail

 

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THE MORMON TRAIL/INDEPENDENCE ROCK and SEMINOE/ ALCOVA SCENIC BACK WAY

            Mormon Handcart Visitors Center, Martin’s Cove, Devil’s Gate

            Independence Rock - important pioneer landmark

            Seminoe/Alcova Scenic Back Way

Seminoe Mountains

Cottonwood Creek Dinosaur Trail, Alcova, Pathfinder and Seminoe Reservoirs, Miracle Mile

Seminoe State Park

 

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SNOWY RANGE SCENIC BYWAY and CENTENNIAL and LARAMIE

            Snowy Range Mountains – Lake Marie, Libby Flats

            Centennial – Nici Self Museum

            Laramie – Wyoming Territorial Park, Laramie Plains Museum, Ivinson Mansion

               University of Wyoming – Art Museum, Geological Museum

 

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SIERRA MADRE SCENIC DRIVE AND AUTO TOUR and INDIAN BATHTUBS and GRAND ENCAMPMENT MUSEUM

            Sierra Madre Mountains - Bottle Creek, Halfway House, Soldier Summit, Hog Park Reservoir

Indian Bathtubs – natural rock formation used by the Indians

Grand Encampment Museum – blacksmith shop, saloon, two-story outhouse, early ranger cabin

  

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BATTLE MOUNTAIN HIGHWAY and ASPEN ALLEY and SAVERY, DIXON and BAGGS

            Sierra Madre Mountains – Thomas Edison Monument, Ferris-Haggarty Mine Site

            Continental Divide and Scenic Trail

            Aspen Alley – bring your camera!

            Savery – Little Snake River Valley Museum

            Dixon – historical Dixon Town Hall

            Baggs – Cassidy House, historical Bank Club Bar

 

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ELK MOUNTAIN AND MEDICINE BOW

            Elk Mountain – Historic Elk Mountain Hotel, Medicine Bow River

            Medicine Bow – Historic Virginian Hotel, Medicine Bow Museum

 

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WILD HORSE VIEWING

            Pilot Butte Wild Horse Scenic Loop Tour between Rock Springs and Green River

            Chance to see indigenous wild horses

Views of Wind River, Wyoming and Uinta Mountains, Pilot Butte, Wilkins Peak

 

 

 

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Wyoming Frontier Prison

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Grand Encampment Museum

 

 

 

 

Elk Mountain Hotel

 

 

 

Saratoga/Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce  

 210 West Elm Street     ~     P.O. Box 1095     ~     Saratoga, WY  82331         

(307) 326-8855       info@saratogachamber.info