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Old 11-19-2018, 09:34 AM   #1
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Wyoming Travel Recommendations

Starting to pull together info for a 2019 August/September west coast trip.

My present routing through Wyoming will be I-80 through the entire state ........, but considering possible route deviations along the way for "must see" locations.

Would appreciate any recommended Wyoming "must see" locations..., and National, State, or private Campground recommendations along the way. I anticipate some boondocking and camping w/hook-ups along the way.

I've also created a couple separate JOF threads for other States that I will be traveling through.

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I guess my first question is are you set on I - 80? Probably the most efficient path but you’ll miss a lot of the best of Wyoming. The other highways through the state have high speed limits so you’d be making good time.
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Having visited that area this Sept. I would highly recommend getting off I-80 and visiting Custer State Park in South Dakota. Blue Bell Campground is a great place to camp. Mt. Rushmore, and the Bad Lands are nearby. We enjoyed our time at Custer more than our time at Yellowstone.
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The Black Hills area and the whole SW area has many things to see and do ( we spent 2 weeks and will return to see many areas that we missed ). Les
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I guess my first question is are you set on I - 80? .....snip
Yes, at least for my "return trip" routing from the west coast. But...., I had considered taking I-25 north up to I-90 west for my west coast routing ..., then on my return trip take I-80 east through Wyoming.

I'm still open for considering the I-25/I-90 for my route to the west coast, then travel I-80 through Wyoming for my return route.

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I'm curious what time of year are you planning to travel? If you're going in the Fall I 90 might be the better choice for East to West. I 80 on the return would be warmer and no threat of snow.
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I'm curious what time of year are you planning to travel?....snip
August/September timeframe.

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Old 11-20-2018, 09:45 AM   #8
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Buffalo WY is small but a cool little town located at the base of the Big Horns. Really good hiking and it's the town the Longmire book series is based on. It's right on 25 so that'd be on your route if you were taking that. Tetons and Yellowstone are pretty spectacular... That's just a couple stops but there is a bunch more worth your time if you have a few days or weeks.
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Just before you get to WY on I-80 theres the Oliver Res. SRA thats several miles west of Kimball NE. Its a free campground with water and toilets. The lake has swimming and fishing, but I dont think there are hookups.

Just east of Laramie is the Vedauwoo area with several campgrounds for $10 a night. Not sure if there are hookups there, but it is a beautiful area with unusual rock formations. Good hiking and bike riding.

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(Must See) Get on Hwy 130 just west of Laramie for a high altitude adventure in the Snowy range. Only one campground offers reservations, but I think there are some RV parks west of Laramie and around Saratoga. Great hiking trails along with mining history and a German POW camp.

Once youre west of Rawlins theres the Red Desert, but not much to see until you get to Rock Springs and Evanston except for some pony express station ruins. Other must see places here, that I enjoy, would probably be too far out of your way.
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Traveling west in Wyoming, just past Rock Springs, you can take Hwy 191 south into Utah, just 70 miles you arrive at Flaming Gorge Dam and reservoir, in the heart of the Uintah mountains and Ashley National Forest, you will find beautiful forest service campgrounds, lakes, trails, fishing and hiking. If you are into white water rafting, there are outfitters in Dutch John (near the dam) that can guide you on fishing and rafting tours.

Once you leave you can travel west on Hwy 44 to Manilla, then 414 to Mckinnon, Lonetree, Mountain View, Fort Bridger an re-join I80
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Don't miss Devil's Tower.
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I80 takes you across the continental divide and gets you through Wyoming, but any direction off of I80 and Wyoming is magnificent.

There are the Wind River Mountains, the Big Horn Mountains, the Teton Mountains, Yellowstone, Jackson, Cody.

Whether you travel north on I25 to Casper, Buffalo, Sheridan, or take Hwy 26 at Casper towards Hwy 20 to Thermopolis (geothermal pools here) and follow the Bighorn river to Greybull and 14 west to Cody, or on 191 through Pinedale and north to Jackson, or Hwy 30 at Little America, north to Hwy 89 through Afton, Star Valley, and then to Jackson.

You cannot go wrong in Wyoming
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I appreciate all the responses thus far and plan to locate each recommendation as they are posted on my Wyoming map.

Once I have a good representation of "must see" and camping locations along my proposed route through Wyoming, then I can re-visit my travel routing.

I'm sure I'll have some follow-up questions as I pull together your recommendations.

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We are newbies who did the Western route last fall.
As others have said, do not miss Custer State Park, Badlands, Black Hills.
We stayed at Buffalo Ridge Campground in Custer SD for 2 nights.
That was our 1st campground on the trip and the people were wonderful.
They gave us all kinds of information for the area.

One thing about Wyoming - watch your gas tank. I am not sure what route we were on, but we went for miles without seeing a gas station!
You are in for a great trip! We can't to go back to see all the things that we did not have time to see!
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If you end up in Buffalo, Deer Park campground is the best, but closes the last day of September. If they are full, the KOA is very nice as well. Also, the Big Horn Mountains above Buffalo are fabulous for boondocking. You can pull off almost any forest service road and legally camp free. Almost guaranteed to be alone and have amazing views! Let me know if you have specific questions..I am sitting in my Eagle about 20 miles north of Buffalo right now.
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I just watch a YouTube post by Long Long Honeymoon. They posted their stay and review of the Grand Teton national park and other places they visited. Its worth a look!

Watching YouTube RV travel always gets me pumped to travel and helps with my bucket list! Anyone out there recommend any other YouTube channels or post? I also watch KYD, (Keep Your Daydream channel) on You Tube

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We stayed at Curt Gowdy State Park off of I80. Electric and Water no Sewer. Very nice with pull throughs and a view of the lake. Its between Cheyenne and Laramie. Did the trolley tour in Cheyenne and learned a lot of western history. From there we went north to Custer. It was incredible. Did this in early September and the weather was perfect.
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I use Good Sam Routing and it shows all the Pilot and Flying J's on the route so I can add them. I also used Gas buddy to find what else is on my route. This gave me good ideas when I should fill and where.
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We used Blue Bell campground inside Custer State Park as home base and really enjoyed it there while touring the Black Hills and all the areas around it. We also stayed at Curt Gowdy State Park. Very scenic place, as mentioned above there is no dump but there are several in the area. I have a professional drivers card for Pilot and it only costs $3.00 to dump. This is about 20 miles from the camp. Don't forget Needles Highway and all the scenic areas.
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I'm a little different as I avoid interstates every chance I get, but fully endorse what others have said about Custer State Park plus highly recommend Cody, Wyoming, with two roads you don't want to miss- Chief Joseph Scenic Highway going from Cody into nothern part of Yellowstone and nearby Beartooth Scenic Highway that Charles Kuralt called the most beautiful road in the US
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