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List of Wyoming state parks

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This is a list of state parks and reserves in the Wyoming state park system operated by the Wyoming Division of State Parks and Historic Sites. {{efn-ua |There are 11 state parks in Wyoming in which one could view the Milky Way in some form.{{Cite web|last=R|first=Mike|date=2021-08-13|title=State Parks Light Pollution Map And Statistics|url=https://cosmospnw.com/state-parks-light-pollution-map-and-statistics/|access-date=2022-01-17|website=CosmosPNW|language=en-US}}}}

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State parks and recreation areas

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! style="width:*;" rowspan=2 |Name

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| Bear River State Parkstyle="text-align:center;" | Uinta{{convert|324|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}style="text-align:center;" | 1991File:Bearriverwyoming.jpgWithin the city limits of Evanston
| Boysen State Parkstyle="text-align:center;" | Fremont{{convert|35952|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}style="text-align:center;" | 1956File:Boysen State Park (4477236246).jpgSurrounds the Boysen Reservoir
| Buffalo Bill State Parkstyle="text-align:center;" | Park{{convert|11276|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}style="text-align:center;" | 1957File:Buffalo Bill State Park (4895579772).jpgSurrounds the Buffalo Bill Reservoir
| Curt Gowdy State Parkstyle="text-align:center;" | Laramie{{convert|3395|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}style="text-align:center;" | 1971File:Curt Gowdy State Park (2425579777).jpgRecreation on and around three reservoirs
| Edness K. Wilkins State Parkstyle="text-align:center;" | Natrona{{convert|361|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}style="text-align:center;" | 1981File:Edness_Kimball_Wilkins_State_Park_-_Wyoming.jpgOn the North Platte River
| Glendo State Parkstyle="text-align:center;" | Converse, Platte{{convert|18382|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}style="text-align:center;" | 1959File:Glendo_State_Park_Laramie_Peak.jpgSurrounds the Glendo Reservoir
| Guernsey State Parkstyle="text-align:center;" | Platte{{convert|8631|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}style="text-align:center;" | 1925File:Guernsey Lake Park.JPGSurrounds the Guernsey Reservoir
| Hawk Springs State Recreation Areastyle="text-align:center;" | Goshen{{convert|996|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}style="text-align:center;" | 1987File:Hawk_Springs_2185.JPGOn Hawk Springs Reservoir
| Hot Springs State Parkstyle="text-align:center;" | Hot Springs{{convert|1108.67|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}style="text-align:center;" | 1897File:BisonHotSpringsStateParkWY.jpgOn the Big Horn River in Thermopolis
| Keyhole State Parkstyle="text-align:center;" | Crook{{convert|15890 |acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}style="text-align:center;" | 1952File:Keyhole State Park in Crook County, Wyoming seen from Cottonwood Area.jpgSurrounds the Keyhole Reservoir
| Seminoe State Parkstyle="text-align:center;" | Carbon{{convert|20848 |acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}style="text-align:center;" | 1965File:SeminoeDam.jpgOn the Seminoe Reservoir
| Sinks Canyon State Parkstyle="text-align:center;" | Fremont{{convert|600|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}style="text-align:center;" | 1971File:Wyoming_Sinks_Canyon_1.jpgUnderground river on the Middle Fork of the Popo Agie River

State-administered historic sites

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| Ames Monumentstyle="text-align:center;" | Albany County{{convert|8.44|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}File:Ames_Monument_(Laramie,_Wyoming).jpgPyramid designed by Henry Hobson Richardson, dedicated to Union Pacific Railroad financiers Oakes and Oliver Ames
| Camp Douglas Officers’ Clubstyle="text-align:center;" | Douglas{{convert|1.5|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}File:WWII_POW_Camp_sign.jpgWorld War II internment camp for prisoners of war
| Connor Battlefieldstyle="text-align:center;" | Ranchester{{convert|13.2|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}Site of the Battle of the Tongue River
| Fort Bonnevillestyle="text-align:center;" | Sublette County{{convert|1|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}Fortified winter camp and fur trading post stablished in 1832 by Captain Benjamin Bonneville
| Fort Bridgerstyle="text-align:center;" | Uinta County{{convert|40|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}File:Fortbridger.JPGUnited States Army outpost during the Utah War
| Fort Fettermanstyle="text-align:center;" | Converse County{{convert|60.46|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}File:FortFettermanPhilKonstantin.jpgRuins of wooden fort constructed in 1867 by the United States Army
| Fort Fred Steelestyle="text-align:center;" | Carbon County{{convert|138.5|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}File:Site Plan - Fort Fred Steele, Fort Steele, Carbon County, WY HABS WYO,4-FOFEST,1- (sheet 2 of 2).tifRuins of fort established in 1868 by the United States Army
| Fort Phil Kearnystyle="text-align:center;" | Johnson County{{convert|713.06|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}File:Fort_Phil_Kearney.JPGUnited States Army outpost from the 1860s on the Bozeman Trail
| Fort Renostyle="text-align:center;" | Johnson County{{convert|14.8|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}File:Fort Reno Monument.jpgSite of wooden fortification established in Dakota Territory by the United States Army in 1865
| Granger Stage Stationstyle="text-align:center;" | Granger{{convert|1|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}File:Granger_Stage_Station.jpgStation on the Pony Express (1860-1861) and the Overland Trail
| Historic Governors' Mansionstyle="text-align:center;" | Cheyenne{{convert|.46|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}File:Historic_Governor%27s_Mansion,_Cheyenne,_Wyoming.jpgGovernor's mansion from 1905 to 1976
| Independence Rockstyle="text-align:center;" | Natrona County{{convert|202.93|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}File:Independence_Rock,_Wyoming,_USA,_July_2015.jpgProminent granite landmark for travelers on the Oregon, Mormon, and California trails
| Legend Rock State Archaeological Sitestyle="text-align:center;" | Hot Springs County{{convert|30.98|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}File:LegendRock.jpgNear vertical cliff with more than 92 prehistoric petroglyph panels and 300 petroglyph figures
| Medicine Lodge State Archaeological Sitestyle="text-align:center;" | Big Horn County{{convert|200|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}Sandstone cliff with hundreds of Native American petroglyphs and pictographs
| Names Hillstyle="text-align:center;" | Lincoln County{{convert|4.25|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}File:Some_of_the_names_on_the_side_of_the_rock_hill.jpgBluff near a crossing on the Green River where travelers on the Oregon and California trails carved their names
| Oregon Trail Rutsstyle="text-align:center;" | Platte County{{convert|34.17|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}File:Guernsey_(Wyoming)_-_Oregon_Trail_Ruts_16-9-2014_11-06-06.JPGRemnants of the Oregon Trail's westward migration worn into sandstone
| Piedmont Charcoal Kilnsstyle="text-align:center;" | Uinta County{{convert|.886|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}File:Piedmont_Charcoal_Kilns.jpegRemnants of the charcoal-making industry in southwestern Wyoming
| Platte River Crossingstyle="text-align:center;" | Carbon County{{convert|7|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}Point at which the Overland Trail crossed the North Platte River
| Point of Rocks Stage Stationstyle="text-align:center;" | Sweetwater County{{convert|1|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}File:Point of Rocks Stage Station.jpgMeeting point of the Overland Trail and the Union Pacific Railroad
| Quebec-One Missile Alert Facilitystyle="text-align:center;" | Laramie County{{convert|1|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}File:Peacekeeper Missile Alert Station.jpg
| Register Cliffstyle="text-align:center;" | Platte County{{convert|.16|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}File:ONHT Register-Cliff.jpgNavigational landmark on the Oregon Trail
| South Pass Citystyle="text-align:center;" | Fremont County{{convert|345.88|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}File:South_pass_city_6.jpgSurviving "ghost town" on the Oregon Trail
| Trail Endstyle="text-align:center;" | Sheridan{{convert|3.76|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}File:Trail_End_State_Historic_Site_aka_Kendrick_Mansion-Sheridan_WY-06-28-2011.JPGMansion of cattleman and politician John B. Kendrick
| Woodruff Cabin Sitestyle="text-align:center;" | Hot Springs County{{convert|1|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}Location of the first European-American settlement in the Big Horn Basin
| Wyoming Pioneer Memorial Museumstyle="text-align:center;" | Douglas{{convert|1.4|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}Collections of materials related to the westward expansion
| Wyoming Territorial Prisonstyle="text-align:center;" | Laramie{{convert|197.4|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}File:Wyoming_Territorial_Penitentiary_HABS_WY1.jpgFederal penitentiary from 1872 to 1890; state prison from 1890 to 1901

See also

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{{cite web |url=http://wyoparks.state.wy.us/pdf/Planning/Soar2021.pdf |title=Table 1. Facilities managed by Wyoming State Parks, Historic Sites and Trails |work=SOAR 2021 |publisher=Wyoming Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources |page=12 |accessdate=September 1, 2017}}

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External links

  • [http://wyoparks.state.wy.us/ Wyoming State Parks, Historic Sites & Trails]
  • [https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=105838619463531722497.000472bb204a515c049cb&z=7&mid=1285366894 Google Map of 13 State Parks]

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