Other Points of Interest

Wyoming Bird Farm

Operated by the Wyoming Game & Fish Department, the Bird Farm rears ring-necked pheasants. This facility raises nearly 16,000 birds annually for release in habitats throughout the northern part of the state. An information center houses displays, photos and information about the birds. The Bird Farm at 326 Bird Farm Road, is open year round, with bird viewing in fenced enclosures May through September. Hatchlings can be seen in early May. For scheduling group tours or for information call (307) 674-7701.

Tongue River Canyon – Amsden Creek Wildlife Habitat Management Area

This wildlife habitat area has two campgrounds and access for hiking, camping, hunting and fishing. The canyon is a great location for a picnic, to watch for the animals which inhabit the area, or to hike up the trail along Tongue River. Fishing here, for trout, is excellent. The steep walls of this canyon are favorites of local climbers. Nearly 300 elk migrate to the Amsden Creek Habitat Area which is also home to mule deer. This habitat area is located in the foothills of the Bighorns north of the canyon. An access book on Wyoming Habitat Areas is available from the Wyoming Game and Fish Department located in Sheridan.

Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area

Immerse yourself in the relaxing, picturesque, peaceful surroundings of Bighorn Canyon Country, on scenic by-way highway 14A. The Bighorn Canyon National Recreation area straddles the border between north central Wyoming and south central Montana. The canyon vicinity offers a diversified landscape of forest, mountains, upland prairie, deep canyons, broad valleys, lake and wetlands. The canyon was formed by a combination of gradual regional uplift and stream erosion. Much of it is narrow and confined within sheer walls over 2,000 feet.

Activities: Hunting, fishing, boating, hiking, swimming, site seeing, bicycling, horseback riding, camping, wildlife viewing (wild mustangs & bighorn sheep), bird watching, skiing, snowmobiling, and exploring the past.

Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range

The Pryor Mountains, named after Sergeant Nathaniel Pryor of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, is home to the Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range. In 1968, 31,000 acres in the Pryor Mountains was set aside as a public range for the wild horses, the first of its kind in the nation.

For more than a century, the Pryor Mountains have been home to free-roaming, genetically unique bands of wild horses linked to the Spanish Mustangs brought to the United States by the Spanish conquistadors. The heard size of about 120-140 is managed by the Bureau of Land Management.

Collecting Rocks, Meteorites, Artifacts, and Fossils On The Bighorn National Forest

Rock hunting, or rockhounding, is the surface collection of small amounts of rocks, agates, or meteorites for personal, hobby, and noncommercial use only.  Meteorites are a stony or metallic object from interplanetary space that has fallen to the earth’s surface.  You must not disturb the ground to the point that resource damage occurs, and no heavy equipment can be used.  For larger quantities of rock or gravel material, such as for landscaping or rock gardening, please contact the Bighorn National Forest office nearest you, as a permit may be required.  Selling rocks, agates, & meteorites collected from theBighornNational Forest is not allowed.

READ MORE by downloading the entire PDF from the Bighorn National Forest here RockhoundingBighorn.