Key Landmarks & Attractions

The Buffalo Bill Historical Center is known as the Smithsonian of the West. This 300,000 square foot complex which houses five separate museums including the Buffalo Bill Museum, the Plains Indian Museum, the Whitney Gallery of Western Art, the Cody Firearms Museum and the Draper Museum of Natural History.

Held every evening at 8 pm, from June 1 through August 31. Rodeo contestants compete in the traditional rodeo events such as bull riding, calf-roping, bronc riding, steer wrestling and barrel racing.

The 22,000-square-foot Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center was built through a partnership project funded by the National Park Service, the Grand Teton National Park Foundation, and the Grand Teton Association.

The Jackson Wyoming Town Square has always been the center of activity for the entire Jackson Hole valley. The first commercial buildings appeared over 100 years ago, when Jackson was a tiny cowboy town, with cattle as the local trade.

The Museum presents a visual and interpretative experience into the romantic era of the Mountain man and provides a comprehensive overview of the Western Fur Trade's historical significance.

Open the door to discovery at the National Bighorn Sheep Interpretive Center. Experience the life of a wild Bighorn on "Sheep Mountain" -- our central exhibit for plants and animals sharing the bighorn's unique habitat.

Mission: to collect, display, interpret, and preserve the highest quality North American and international wildlife art. The Museum enriches and inspires appreciation and knowledge of humanity’s relationship with nature.

The Old Trail Town collection consists of 26 buildings, which date from 1879 to 1901, one hundred horse-drawn vehicles, plus an extensive collection of Native American artifacts and memorabilia of the Wyoming frontier.

Sinks Canyon State park is located six miles south of Lander, on Highway 131. What are the Sinks and the Rise? Sinks Canyon is so named because the Middle Fork of the Popo Agie -- a rushing mountain river -- flows out of the Wind River Mountains and through the Canyon.

Wyoming’s Wind River Country is home to the seventh largest Indian reservation in the country. Encompassing more than 2.2 million acres, the Wind River Indian Reservation is home to the Eastern Shoshone and the Northern Arapaho tribes.

Yellowstone Lake covers 136 square miles and is 20 miles long by 14 miles wide. It has 110 miles of shoreline. The lake is at least 320 feet deep in the West Thumb area and has an average depth of 140 feet. Situated at an elevation of 7,733 feet, the lake remains cold year-round, with an average temperature of 41°F.