Scenic Wyoming

Mountain Adventures

A favorite activity of locals in the summer is taking atv's to Cooke City and traversing the trails on Lulu Pass and Daisy Pass. Daisy Pass and Lulu Pass are mountain passes/roads in the New World Mining District, which is northeast of Cooke Ci...

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Heart Mountain

HEART MOUNTAIN, Our Backyard Geological Phenomenon

Located a few miles north of Cody, Heart Mountain stands as a symbolic feature for all areas of Park County. However, many residents and visitors might not know that this mountain is actually upside down! While most land masses have newer r...

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Yellowstone National Park

It was going to be a hot Sunday, so after breakfast, my husband and I decided to go to Yellowstone. At a higher elevation, it would be cooler, so we took our 1950 Chevy hardtop and cruised down the road. We went in through the East Gate, 50 mil...

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Wyoming Wild Flowers

This spring we had an abundance of rain, more than usual. This produced green prairies and mountainsides with lush vibrant wildflowers. Many of these flowers I have never seen before. Last fall, I scattered native seeds and was pleas...

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BLM Land- What does that mean?

Many properties are advertised as bordering BLM land and often we are asked what this means. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is an agency in the Department of Interior. The landscape that BLM manages in Northwest Wyoming is characterized...

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Fall in Yellowstone Country

With the wide-open spaces in Yellowstone Country, the bright fall colors seem more pronounced against the big blue sky and green timbers. Driving around town in Cody, the intensity of the yellows and oranges are struck by the morning lig...

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Camp while you can

FALL AND WINTER CAMPING The Shoshone National Forest, was set aside on March 30, 1891, by President Benjamin Harrison, as the Yellowstone Park Timberland Reserve. It is America’s first National Forest and holds a bounty of beauty. So many ac...

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June - Spring in the Mountains

June – Spring in the Mountains

You will discover brilliantly colored flowers at our elevation of approximately 5000 feet in Cody, upward into the mountains in every direction. The altitude will dictate what is blooming so the higher in altitude that you go, the later spring ...

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