I-25 and WYOMING

• Sheridan
• Buffalo
• Gillette
• Devils Tower

Sheridan

A portal to Wyoming's Big Horn Mountains and gateway to Yosemite National Park, Sheridan is primarily outdoors-oriented. The nearby Big Horn National Forest offers fishing, hiking, biking and camping (and rock climbing) when there is no snow on the ground and snowmobiling, downhill or cross country skiing when there is. Hunting and fishing are also very popular attracting people from all over the world.
  There is a lot of history here, too, especially from the 19th Century frontier days. Little Big Horn National Monument, the Rosebud Battle site and many other historic sites are just a short drive from Sheridan.

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Buffalo

Jim Gatchell Museum - Dedicated to preserving the history of this area around the famous Bozeman Trail, the Jim Gatchell Museum has on display the American West of the 19th Century. Over 15,000 artifacts are on display including old firearms ("...that tamed the West") and other pioneer and Native American items. Photographs tell many stories of frontier times, the hardships and final triumph.
  Open 9a to 7p daily. Admission: $4 adults; $2 kids 6 to 16.
  For more information phone 1-307-684-9331 or visit their web site: JimGatchell.
  From I-90, take exit 299 to Buffalo. At the first traffic light turn left onto Main. Drive to Fort Street (US-16) and turn right. You'll see the museum on your left.

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Gillette

Visitors' Center - Gillette's Visitors' Center is at 1810 S. Douglass Hwy. This is on the south side of I-90 exit 126 (just a few feet from the exit). 
  For more information, telephone, toll free, 1-800-544-6136 - or - visit their web site at GilletteCVB.

Coal Mine Tours - Regularly, during the summer, you can participate in a FREE coal mine tour. Tours depart from the Visitors' Center. Contact the Visitors' Center for more information at (toll free) 1-800-544-6136.

Rock Pile Museum - a new-style museum featuring hands-on displays of artifacts depicting the lives and times of cowboys, soldiers, homesteaders and local Native Americans.
  From I-90 take exit 126, drive north 2 blocks to US-14, turn right and the museum is 6 blocks to the east on your left at 900 W. 2nd Street. Admission is FREE. Hours (during the summer) are 9a-8p daily except Sundays (12:30-6:30p).
  For more information, phone 1-307-682-5723 - or - visit their web site: RockPile Museum.

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Devils Tower

Devil's Tower National Monument - Rising 1,287 feet above the nearly encompassing Belle Fourche River like a gigantic chimney, Devil's Tower has been a land mark to the pioneers in their westward treks and a sacred site in the worshipping of several Native American tribes (they called it Bear's Lodge). It was proclaimed as a national monument in 1906 by President Theodore Roosevelt.
  From I-90 eastbound take exit 154 and go south into Moorcroft to US-16. Turn right and drive 3 blocks back westbound to US-14 (Yellowstone Ave). Turn right and follow US-14 through Carlile to WY-24 at Devils Tower Junction. Turn left and go a little over 6 miles. The entrance road will be on your left. The sign is very easy to see.
  From I-90 westbound take exit 185 (just west of Sundance) and follow US-14 westbound to WY-24. Turn right on WY-24 and go a little over 6 miles. The entrance road will be on your left. The sign is very easy to see. 
  For more information, phone 1-307-467-5283 or visit the NPS web site at DevilsTowerNM.

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