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Sinks Canyon State Park is a public recreation and nature preservation area located in the Wind River Mountains, six miles (9.7 km) southwest of Lander, Wyoming, on Wyoming Highway 131. The state park is named for a portion of the Middle Fork of the Popo Agie River where it flows into an underground limestone cavern, named "the Sinks," and ...
There is a SNOTEL weather station for Old Battle situated at an altitude of 10,000 ft (3,048 m). Old Battle has a subalpine climate ( Köppen Dfc ). Climate data for Old Battle, Wyoming, 1991–2020 normals, 1986-2020 extremes: 10000ft (3048m)
Townsend Creek is a SNOTEL weather station located roughly halfway between Worthen Meadow Reservoir and Frye Lake at an altitude of 8700 feet (2652 m). Townsend Creek has a subalpine climate ( Köppen Dfc ), with long, cold winters and short, mild summers.
SNOTEL sites make use of meteor burst communications technology. SNOTEL uses meteor burst communications technology to collect and communicate data in near-real-time. VHF radio signals are reflected at a steep angle off the ever-present band of ionized meteors existing from about 50 to 75 miles (80 to 120 km) above the earth.
Woodruff Cabin Site: Hot Springs County: 1 0.40: Location of the first European-American settlement in the Big Horn Basin: Wyoming Pioneer Memorial Museum: Douglas: 1.4 0.57: Collections of materials related to the westward expansion Wyoming Territorial Prison: Laramie: 197.4 79.9: Federal penitentiary from 1872 to 1890; state prison from 1890 ...
Areas of interest include the Snowy Range where the highest peak is Medicine Bow Peak at 12,013 feet (3,662 m) and is visible from Snowy Range Pass, 10,847 ft (3,306 m), on Wyoming highway 130. The Encampment River , Huston Park , Savage Run and Platte River Wildernesses are all located within the Medicine Bow portion of the National Forest.
U.S. Route 14 in Wyoming, also known as the Bighorn Scenic Byway, crosses the middle of the 30-mile (48 km) wide forest. The Medicine Wheel Passage (U.S. Highway 14A) crosses in the north passing the Medicine Wheel National Historic Landmark , while the Cloud Peak Skyway ( U.S. Route 16 ) crosses the highest pass in the forest (Powder River ...
Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge of the United States located in western Sweetwater County in the state of Wyoming. It covers 26,400 acres (106 km 2) managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, an agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior. The Shoshone people inhabited the region since the year 1300.