Scenic drives and byways in Wyoming
Scenic drives and byways in Wyoming, each compiled from its own sources: length, season, road surface, and the towns on it. No ratings; every entry carries its status.
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- Battle Pass Scenic BywayEncampment · Scenic bywayWyoming Highway 70 over the Sierra Madre from Encampment to Baggs, crossing the Continental Divide at Battle Pass, named for an 1841 fight in which trapper Henry Fraeb died.
- Bighorn Scenic BywayGreybull · Scenic bywayThe Bighorn Scenic Byway carries U.S. 14 over Wyoming's Bighorn Mountains from Shell to Dayton, past a 120-foot falls through rock one ranger said exposes every formation in the state.
- Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic BywayCody · Scenic bywayA 27.5-mile scenic byway on US 14-16-20 up the North Fork of the Shoshone from Cody to Yellowstone's East Entrance, where early travelers forded rivers twenty-nine times.
- Chief Joseph Scenic BywayCody · State bywayWyoming Highway 296, a 47-mile byway from north of Cody to the Beartooth Highway, crosses Dead Indian Pass, where Chief Joseph led the Nez Perce in 1877.
- Cloud Peak SkywayBuffalo · Paved scenic driveThe Cloud Peak Skyway carries U.S. 16 over the Bighorn Mountains from Buffalo to Ten Sleep, crossing 9,666-foot Powder River Pass on a road finished as gravel in 1922.
- Medicine Wheel Passage Scenic BywayLovell · Scenic bywayTravelers along U.S. Highway 14A, the Medicine Wheel Passage Scenic Byway, encounter high elevation plains and deep canyon country up close; fishing, waterfalls, and cultural sites.
- Seminoe-Alcova Scenic BackwaySinclair · Back country bywayThe 64-mile Seminoe-Alcova Back Country Byway lies in south central Wyoming. As you travel, you'll pass pronghorn-grazed prairie, stark desert, and you'll climb the rugged Seminoe Mountains.
- Snowy Range Scenic BywayCentennial · Scenic bywayDesignated the Second National Forest Scenic Byway in the United States; the route along Highway 130 from Laramie to the Upper Platte River Valley, begun in 1920 and completed in 6 years.
- Wind River Canyon Scenic BywayThermopolis · Wyoming state scenic bywayA Geologic Masterpiece. The Wind River Canyon Scenic Byway begins in the town of Shoshoni and follows U.S. 20 north through Wind River Canyon and the Wind River Indian Reservation ending just south of Thermopolis.
Scenic Drives in all eleven states; next door in Montana, Idaho, Utah, and Colorado.