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An outdoor paradise, the Bighorn Mountains and Bighorn National Forest are filled with recreational opportunities including hunting, fishing, camping, hiking and backpacking, horseback riding, mountain biking, picnicking, sightseeing,photography, and in winter snowmobiling, skiing, and sledding.

Whether you’re looking for an exciting ATV trail or a stroll through quiet pines, the Bighorn National Forest offers a wide variety of recreational opportunities. Explore Medicine Wheel, the sacred Native American treasure, and Shell Falls the thundering heartbeat of the magnificent Bighorns! Montana.

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Penny L. Becker, Executive Director

Sheridan Travel and Tourism

Sheridan, Wyoming – Voted #1 Western Town in America!

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An outdoor paradise, the Bighorn Mountains and Bighorn National Forest are filled with recreational opportunities including hunting, fishing, camping, hiking and backpacking, horseback riding, mountain biking, picnicking, sightseeing, photography, and in winter snowmobiling, skiing, and sledding.

The Bighorn National Forest, including the Cloud Peak Wilderness area, is unique and diverse. Within the Forest area, you can encounter grass prairies, evergreen forests, mountain meadows, rugged alpine peaks, dramatic canyons, as well as desert lands and cascading waterfalls – all within a day’s journey…

Whether you’re looking for an exciting ATV trail or a stroll through quiet pines, the Bighorn National Forest offers a wide variety of recreational opportunities. Explore Medicine Wheel, the sacred Native American treasure, and Shell Falls the thundering heartbeat of the magnificent Bighorns!

Sheridan, the King of Cowboy Towns, is in the foothills of the mountains, and also the Golf Capital of Wyoming, offering three championship golf courses. Get in a round while enjoying the crisp autumn air.

It is no wonder Sheridan was voted in the Top 100 Adventure Towns by National Geographic Adventure Online!

Penny L. Becker, Executive Director

Sheridan Travel and Tourism

Sheridan, Wyoming – Voted #1 Western Town in America!

307-673-7120 - stt@sheridanwyoming.org

www.sheridanwyoming.org

The Big Horn Mountains extend from the plains and Great Basin area of Wyoming northward into south central Montana.
The Big Horn Mountains and Bighorn National Forest are an outdoor paradise filled with recreational opportunities including hunting, fishing, camping, hiking and backpacking, horseback riding, mountain biking, picnicking, sightseeing, photography, snowmobiling, skiing, and sledding.

The Bighorn National Forest, including the Cloud Peak Wilderness area, is unique and diverse.
Within the National Forest area, you can encounter grass prairies, evergreen forests, mountain meadows, rugged alpine peaks, dramatic canyons, arid desert lands and cascading waterfalls — all within a day’s journey.

Whether you’re looking for an exciting ATV trail or a stroll through quiet pines, the Bighorn National Forest offers a wide variety of recreational opportunities.

There are more than 1,000 miles of trails on the forest with a split between motorized and nonmotorized.

Most nonmotorized trails are shared by hikers, mountain bikers, and horse riders. The Cloud Peak Wilderness has several rugged trails open to hiker and horse use only.

Motorized trails are open to vehicles 50 inches or less in width.
There are many locations open to camping as well as 32 campgrounds on the forest and thousands of miles of roads open to many types of use.

Winter brings 450 miles of groomed and ungroomed snowmobile trails and 50 miles of ski and snowshoe trails.

Trails on the Bighorn National Forest provide access to remote desert canyons, wide-open meadows, and high alpine vistas.

Please visit one of our offices in Sheridan, Lovell or Buffalo for current conditions, maps, lists of recreation opportunities, and specific forest rules and regulations.

From Memorial Day to Labor Day, the Burgess Junction and Shell Falls visitor centers are open to the public.

Interested parties can also check the Bighorn National Forest Web site at http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/bighorn/.

Note:

Bighorn National Forest maps are available at the Bighorn National Forest supervisor’s office and Tongue Ranger District in Sheridan.

The Cloud Peak Wilderness topographical map is available online at www.nationalgeographic.com/maps.

By Janet Donoho, The Sheridan Press 2010 Tour Guide

Relax and enjoy this wonderful place . . . The nearby majestic Big Horn Mountains offer a year-round paradise for outdoor adventurers, ranging from blue ribbon fishing to wildlife and flora viewing! Or catch a hunting season in these golden hills . . .

Sheridan is conveniently located in the foothills of the Big Horns where Scenic By-ways 14 and 14A meander through the Mountains, providing vehicle turnouts to relax, enjoy abundant wildlife – for photography or hunting, as well as world-class views. Highway 14 beckons you into beautiful Shell Canyon with must-stops at the cascading falls and self-guided nature paths. Highway 14A, accessible from May through October, provides incredible views, enlivened by moose in the wild and access to the sacred Medicine Wheel.

Anglers Paradise – With 106 million acres of Bighorn National Forest encompassing 180,000 acres of wilderness, encounter tranquil, secluded streams and some of the finest fishing around. Those wild waters, along with trophy reservoirs and private streams and ponds, provide ample opportunity to test your mettle against a variety of trout. Maybe cast the broad Tongue River or the mighty Big Horn, just a few miles away.

Anglers have diverse opportunities while fishing northeast Wyoming. Game fish species vary from northern pike and walleye in reservoirs to golden trout and grayling in the Bighorn Mountain lakes. The lowland lakes and ponds are in excellent shape and reservoirs, such as Lake DeSmet, provide excellent fishing opportunities.   With the ‘urban’ ponds (Sheridan Fairgrounds, Mavrakis Pond) providing great trout fishing opportunities for beginning and experienced anglers alike, especially families.

The high mountain alpine lakes in the Bighorns should produce some quality angling with stocking programs, in conjunction with wild fisheries, creating good trout populations in the more popular lakes. Cutthroat trout are the most common species stocked, but there are a diverse array of opportunities for brown, rainbow, golden and brook trout, as well as grayling, lake trout and splake.

Prized Hunting Grounds – And the new and return hunters to the region are welcomed into a hunting abundance! The Sheridan area is the last most prized hunting grounds of the native American, with this long and rich tradition of hunting and boasts an abundance and diversity of big game, while comprised of public and private lands which are both integral to maintaining the myriad of wildlife species for which we are known.

Hunter information stations are available again in Sheridan this fall during peak-use days to answer questions about specific hunt areas, in include the following species:  Adult mule deer, White-tailed deer, Elk, Moose, Antelope, and  black bear; Birds – pheasants, gray partridge, sharp-tailed grouse and sage grouse, blue grouse, turkeys.

Walk-in access areas continue to gain in popularity in northeast Wyoming. These hunting and fishing areas are identified with signs, and can be located by using maps found in an atlas, which is available at the regional office and license agents. Separate areas have specific species for hunting so be sure to check the atlas for those species and possible changes from last season.

Many hunting opportunities are on private land so hunters should plan for access of private land by arranging for permission with private landowners for access to hunt or fish or travel through private property before purchasing a license. To make these arrangements, or for answers to questions concerning your experience in our region contact the Sheridan Regional Office at 307- 672-7418 or 1-800-331-9834 within Wyoming. Also to view the interesting wildlife displays, stop by the visitors center at the  Regional Office, located East of exit 23 on I-90.

You can have it all . . . Find unlimited, easy-to access recreation in the still pristine Big Horn Mountains and in the Sheridan area. Hike, bike, camp, boat, rock climb or photograph the abundant wildlife and scenery, or test your mettle against a variety of trout! Noted fishing expert Jack Dennis filmed the Big Horns proclaiming great fishing!
Encounter tranquil, secluded streams with crystal clear waters in the valley and mountains of the Big Horns – some of the finest fishing around in wild waters, trophy reservoirs, private streams and ponds, with experts to guide you to the grand slam fisheries.

“Anglers can look forward to a good fishing season with recent spring snows greatly improving runoff forecasts for the Big Horn Mountains” said Wyoming Game and Fish Fisheries Management Supervisor Paul Mavrakis. “The recent snowstorm will be great for local fisheries, with lakes and ponds in excellent shape.”

The high mountain alpine lakes in the Big Horns are predicted to produce quality angling this summer with good trout populations, providing ample opportunity for a diverse array of brown, rainbow, golden and brook trout, as well as grayling, lake trout and splake. Catch the trophy vacation of your life – cast the broad Tongue River or the mighty Bighorn, just a few miles away.

Un-crowded conditions, the great abundance of angling and the fact that an angler can fish the entire season without fishing the same water twice is of great value to sportsmen. Fishermen report experiencing as much or more scenic, pristine angling as anywhere they have been – and all located midway between two world class fisheries, the Bighorn and North Platte Rivers, two of the most famous Tailwater Fisheries in North America. The area offers variety: freestone, still water, and even spring creek angling to mix in with the two tail waters for anglers on longer trips.

The urban ponds, Rotary Park Fairgrounds and Mavrakis, will also provide great opportunities for beginning and experienced anglers alike, with stocking begun in April and continuing until mid-June as the water warms.

“We welcome you as a hunter, angler, wildlife enthusiast or all the above to the Sheridan region, and Northeast Wyoming for a safe and enjoyable time,” said Warren Mischke, Sheridan Region Information and Education Specialist. Also explore the Wyoming Game and Fish Visitor Center’s interesting wildlife displays, and the Story Fish Hatchery visitor center located near Story, Wyoming.

Let us know how we can best assist you to catch your trophy vaction. . .

Celebrate a bit of the Old West in the heart of Wyoming’s cowboy country. In Sheridan where the Old West meets the New West, recreation opportunities abound and there’s not a better time to enjoy them!
Rock Climbing opportunities are stellar in this area with premier ops at Steamboat Rock on top of the Big Horn Mountains and Tongue River Canyon, both a short drive from town. Join other outdoor aficionados to challenge yourself in new locations around Sheridan.

Hang gliding is popular as well, beginning in the spring all the way into late fall . . . when the weather and air drafts are just right, daredevils enjoy jumping into thin air off the face of the magnificent Big Horn Mountains. Spectators may watch and photograph hang gliders from across the nation as they soar above and beyond the Mountains at Sand Turn, west of Sheridan. The Hang Gliders Fly-In takes place May 24 – 26, and again over Labor Day weekend in the fall.

Golfers find Sheridan a paradise of opportunity for all levels of expertise. Dubbed Wyoming’s Golf Capitol, Sheridan offers four championship courses within a 35-mile radius:

• The Powder Horn’s 27-hole championship course rated in GolfWeek’s top 100
• Kendrick’s 18 hole course rated in the top 5 courses in Wyoming by Golf Digest magazine
• Sheridan Country Club
• Buffalo Course

With many options in accommodations, entertainment, fine dining, shopping and galleries, visitors experience Sheridan as a terrific destination.

Don’t forget to embrace the Old West to New West of Northeastern Wyoming. . . Explore multiple museums and nearby historic sites which celebrate Native Americans and the opening of the West to pioneers and settlers. This adding yet another dimension to your beautiful Wyoming experience.

Build your travel itinerary to track the desired activities, historic sites, western stores and events that you and your travel partners want to include during your stay in Sheridan. Also add to your itinerary, the hotel, motel, Cottages, B & B, or RV Park that you are interested in and a selection of the restaurants you chose to dine at.

To explore Sheridan and upcoming activities, contact Sheridan Travel and Tourism at 307-673-7120 or 1-888-596-6787 or visit the website.