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The Thunder Basin National Grassland is located in northeastern Wyoming in the Powder River Basin between the Big Horn Mountains and the Black Hills.The Grassland ranges in elevation from 3,600 to 5,200 feet (1,100 to 1,600 m), and the climate is semi-arid.
Thunder Basin National Grassland (547,620 acres) is located in northeastern Wyoming and consists primarily of lands leased to cattle interests. In descending order of land area the grassland is located in Weston, Converse, Campbell, Niobrara, and Crook counties. There are local ranger district offices located in Douglas.
Weston is an unincorporated community in northern Campbell County, along the upper Little Powder River on the southeastern edge of the Thunder Basin National Grassland. For the rest of the way through Campbell County, WYO 59 parallels Little Powder River that lies to the highway's east all the way to the state line.
Weston is an unincorporated community in northern Campbell County, Wyoming, United States, along the upper Little Powder River on the southeastern edge of the Thunder Basin National Grassland. It lies along WYO 59 north of the city of Gillette, the county seat of Campbell County. [2] Its elevation is 3,802 feet (1,159 m). [1]
Wyoming Highway 450 begins its western end in the Town of Wright in Campbell County at Wyoming Highway 59, just south of the eastern terminus of Wyoming Highway 387. [1] [2] Highway 450 heads due east through Thunder Basin National Grassland for much of its length.
Name Photo Location [4] Date formed Area [1] Description Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie: Illinois: 1996: 20,283 acres (82.1 km 2) [5]: The only federally managed prairie east of the Mississippi River, Midewin is in the Central forest-grasslands transition ecoregion and was created when land was transferred to the U.S. Forest Service from the U.S. Army.
National Park Service: Yes Thunder Basin National Grassland: Wyoming: U.S. Forest Service: Trexler Nature Preserve: Pennsylvania: Lehigh County: Yes Turkey River Mounds State Preserve: Iowa: Iowa Department of Natural Resources: Valentine National Wildlife Refuge: Nebraska: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Valles Caldera National Preserve: New ...
- Wyoming State Hwy 59 is a north-south highway passing through Bill and through Thunder Basin Nat'l. Grassland . Interstate 25 intersects with WY-59, 35 miles south of Bill in Douglas .