Plan Your Trip
Plan the Trip. Live the Story.
Getting here is part of the trip. From choosing how to arrive to finding local tips, trip ideas and helpful resources, a little planning goes a long way in Wind River Country. Use these tools to get organized, explore your options and start building your time in the region.
Getting Here Is Easy. Exploring Is the Adventure.
Wide-open highways, scenic byways and straightforward access make getting here simple. Road-trippers can follow routes through Wyoming landscapes, with EV charging stations available.
Prefer to fly? Arrive in Riverton at Central Wyoming Regional Airport, with United Express flights operated by SkyWest Airlines and connections through Denver.
Your Adventure Starts with the Vacation Packet
There’s more than one way to explore this part of Wyoming. Order your free Wind River Country Vacation Packet and use it as a guide.
It includes trip ideas, scenic drives, outdoor activities and local insight to help you plan your time.
A Signature Wind River Country Experience
Few places offer a closer look at wild horses in their natural habitat. Take a guided side-by-side tour. Experience the landscape and the story of these herds firsthand at the Wind River Wild Horse Sanctuary.
Stories That Shape Your Trip
Just beyond Yellowstone National Park, Wind River Country offers a different way to spend your time. Attend public powwows hosted by the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Tribes, explore petroglyphs at Castle Gardens or visit the Sacajawea Cemetery. Spend one day on scenic drives and historic sites and the next on the trail. Whether this is your main destination or part of a larger trip, these stories offer ideas to help you plan.
Ocean Lake, Wyoming: Wyoming’s Hidden Gem
Explore Wind River Wild Horse Sanctuary in Lander, Wyoming
Shoshone National Forest: Wyoming’s Hidden Gem
Travel Smarter in Wind River Country
From local tips to planning tools, this section brings together resources to help you prepare for your trip and make the most of your time in Wind River Country.
Wind River Country:
Yellowstone’s Unique Neighbor
Listen in for conversations and stories that explore the people, places and experiences shaping Wind River Country today.
Follow Wind River Country in Real Time
See Wind River Country as it happens, from travel moments to everyday experiences across the region. Follow along and share your own by tagging @windrivercountry.
Mountain biking, road biking, fishing and hiking. Wind River Country is an outdoor lover`s paradise.
Start planning your trip at the link in our bio.
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Jul 15
The perfect Wyoming day: hiking and viewing petroglyphs.
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Jul 14
Welcome to Wyoming, a place where badlands and mountains collide.
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Jul 10
Road trips like these are worth every mile. ❤️
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Jul 8
Make plans to attend the Ethete Celebration Powwow, happening this week, July 9–12 at the Ethete Powwow Grounds. Experience the vibrant traditions, incredible dancing, drumming and welcoming community that make this annual celebration so special.
Schedule:
Thursday -7 p.m. warm up night, royalty contest and youth powwow
Friday -7 p.m. grand entry
Saturday – 1 p.m. grand entry
Saturday – 7 p.m. grand entry
Sunday – 10 a.m. parade
Sunday – 2 p.m. grand entry
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Jul 6
Happy Independence Day from Wind River Country!
Photo: Wind River Country/Brad Christensen
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Jul 4
Soaking in the beauty of Jade Lake, one perfect view at a time.
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Jul 3
Escape to Wyoming.
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Jul 2
📍South Pass City, Wyoming
While you can visit this historic gold mining town from the end of May – mid October, save the date for Gold Rush Days – July 11 & 12.
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Jun 26
🏔️ Travel back to 1838 at the Mountain Man Rendezvous happening in Riverton, Wyoming.
Beginning tomorrow (6/26), immerse yourself in the traditions, skills and stories of the fur trade era.
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Jun 25
There`s no place quite like old Wyo`.
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Jun 23
When the mountains call, there’s only one thing to do. Go.
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Jun 19