Wyoming Travel Guide
Grand Teton National Park. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
Wyoming holds two of America's greatest parks back to back. Yellowstone, the world's first national park (1872): geysers, hot springs, bison herds and the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. Grand Teton: the sharpest mountain skyline in the Lower 48 rising straight from Jackson Hole.
Beyond the parks: Cody's rodeo and the Buffalo Bill Center, Devils Tower's 386 m rock column, and Cheyenne's Frontier Days, the 'daddy of 'em all' rodeo each July.
Destinations in Wyoming
YellowstoneOld Faithful, Grand Prismatic, Lamar Valley wolves; allow 3 days minimum.
Grand TetonJenny Lake, the Snake River overlook, moose at dawn.- Devils TowerAmerica's first national monument (1906); the Tower Trail loop.
- JacksonThe antler arches, the Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, gateway to the Tetons.
- CodyThe nightly summer rodeo and the Buffalo Bill Center of the West.
- Cheyenne Frontier DaysThe 10-day July rodeo and western celebration.
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Top Cities & towns in Wyoming
Regional food
- Bison burger (the lean frontier meat)
- Chicken-fried steak (the chuckwagon classic)
- Huckleberry anything (in season, late summer)
Getting there
Jackson (JAC) is the parks gateway; Cody (COD) covers Yellowstone's east. The parks are a serious drive from anywhere; book lodging a year ahead for summer.