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.
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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.
Ready to learn more about the wild horses of the West? The Wind River Wild Horse Sanctuary – which is located on the Wind River Indian Reservation – has a visitor center with an interpretive display, and also offers guided tours.
Plan your trip at the link in our bio.
Photo: Melissa Hemkin
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Jun 17
This is what we like to call the perfect summer day in Wind River Country.
Photo: Wind River Country/Paula McCormick
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Jun 15
Combine history and modern-day culture at the Eastern Shoshone Indian Days Powwow, June 19-21. Held in Fort Washakie, the event includes a parade, hand game tournament, drum contest, Indian rodeo and relay races and Grand Entries.
Find more information at the link in our bio.
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Jun 13
The wilds of Wyoming are calling. Start planning your trip at the link in our bio.
Photos: Jhamil Bader, Jennifer Lips, Granite & Light, Wind River Country
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Jun 11
Plan a trip to Lander and Lander Brewfest to enjoy 80+ beers made all across the Mountain West on June 12-13. We hope to see you there – cheers!
Photo: Wyoming Office of Tourism
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Jun 8
Rodeo season is officially starting in Wind River Country. Be sure to join us as we kick off the first night of the Dubois Friday Night Rodeos TONIGHT! And if you can`t make this one, you can catch rodeo action every Friday through August 21.
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Photos: Brady McLean
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Jun 5
Spring storms and lush landscapes.
Start planning your visit at the link in our bio.
Photo: Scott Copeland
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Jun 4
June has arrived! Take a peek at the events around Wind River Country including Eastern Shoshone Indian Days Powwow, Dubois Friday Night Rodeos, Lander Brewfest and 1838 Mountain Man Rendezvous!
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Jun 1
One of the best ways to experience Wind River Country this summer is on the water. You can enjoy over 2,000 miles of rivers and streams and 262 lakes and reservoirs.
Photo: Jared Steinman
May 29
Welcome to the Cowboy State, a place that`s made for riding horses and enjoying the great outdoors. Book a stay at a guest ranch and experience Wyoming like a true cowboy.
Book your adventure at the link in our bio.
Photos: Wyoming Office of Tourism, Davis Clem, Gary Kunis
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May 27
Say hello to a summer in Wyoming filled with wide open spaces and some of the best events around.
Photo: Wind River Country/Preston Ackerman
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May 24
Planning a summer road trip? Hit the road on a scenic driving tour around Wind River Country.
Learn all about the area`s driving tours in our bio.
Photos: Wind River Country, David Rule
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May 22