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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 ...
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Wyoming Highway 131 begins its southern end at the northern boundary of the Shoshone National Forest at Sinks Canyon State Park, hence its name Sinks Canyon Road. WYO 131 travels northeast to Lander, entering from the southwest. Upon entering, WYO 131 turns east and becomes Fremont Street before turning north onto South 5th Street. [2]
Bear River State Park: Uinta: 324 131: 1991: Within the city limits of Evanston: Boysen State Park: Fremont: 35,952 14,549: 1956: Surrounds the Boysen Reservoir Buffalo Bill State Park: Park: 11,276 4,563: 1957: Surrounds the Buffalo Bill Reservoir Curt Gowdy State Park: Laramie: 3,395 1,374: 1971: Recreation on and around three reservoirs ...
Present day Lander is home to numerous state and federal government offices, including the U.S. Forest Service (Washakie Ranger District, Shoshone National Forest), [29] the Bureau of Land Management (Lander Field Office), [30] the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, [31] and a Resident Agency of the Denver Field Office of the FBI, as well as the ...
Work on U.S. 20/Wyo 789 through Wind River canyon began in 1922 and was finished in 1924, replacing the Bird's Eye Pass Route over the Owl Creek Mountains. [3] U.S. 20/Wyo 789 travels through the canyon, at times level with the canyon floor. The scenic route offers views of the canyon and landmark natural structures like the Chimney Rock.
Other incidents include a seriously injured backpacker being airlifted near SquareTop Mountain [7] in 2005, [8] and a fatal hiker incident (from an apparent accidental fall) in 2006 that involved state search and rescue. [9] The U.S. Forest Service does not offer updated aggregated records on the official number of fatalities in the Wind River ...
The mountain massif extends for a distance of 5 miles (8.0 km) between Granite Canyon to the north and Phillips Canyon to the south. Though there are numerous summits above 10,000 feet (3,000 m), the one that is most commonly visited is the North Peak, where the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort aerial tram provides access to the summit for skiers ...