6 giorni / 1922 miglia / 35 ore 33 minuti
"The history of this sparsely populated state revolves around native peoples, trappers, pioneers, cowboys, and prospectors - all embodiments of the Old West" - Off the Beaten Path by Reader's Digest
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Giorno 1
10:00 am - 100.4 miglia / un'ora 32 minuti - 11:33 am
14. Register Cliff / Oregon Trail Ruts
"Register Cliff is a sandstone cliff and featured key navigational landmark prominently listed in the 19th century guidebooks about the Oregon Trail, and a place where many emigrants chiseled the names of their families on the soft stones of the cliff." - Wikipedia
12:33 pm - 18.4 miglia / 32 minuti - 1:06 pm
13. Fort Laramie National Historic Site
"Originally established as a private fur trading fort in 1834, Fort Laramie evolved into the largest and best known military post on the Northern Plains before its abandonment in 1890." - National Park Service
2:06 pm - 94.3 miglia / un'ora 51 minuti - 3:58 pm
"The bridge is one of only three natural bridges in the world with a trout stream running underneath." - Off the Beaten Path by Reader's Digest
4:58 pm - 43.8 miglia / 56 minuti - 5:55 pm
10. National Historic Trails Interpretive Center
"The National Historic Trails Interpretive Center designed by Line and Space Architects sits high above Wyoming's North Platte River, commanding views of major historic trails." - Wikipedia
6:55 pm - 127.3 miglia / 2 ore 14 minuti - 9:10 pm
Giorno 2
9:00 am - 61.2 miglia / un'ora - 10:01 am
5. Devils Tower National Monument Visitor Center
"The Tower is an astounding geologic feature that protrudes out of the prairie surrounding the Black Hills. It is considered sacred by Northern Plains Indians and indigenous people." - NPS
11:01 am - 169.1 miglia / 2 ore 44 minuti - 1:46 pm
4. Bradford Brinton Memorial & Museum
"Gallery houses the Brintons' impressive collection of Native American art." - Off the Beaten Path by Reader's Digest
2:46 pm - 82.8 miglia / un'ora 33 minuti - 4:20 pm
"Speculation is that a sun-worshiping people built the wheel." - Off the Beaten Path by Reader's Digest
5:20 pm - 32.7 miglia / 37 minuti - 5:58 pm
3. Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range
"The distinctive horses are direct descendants of breeds cultivated in ancient Spain, Portugal, and Africa." - Off the Beaten Path by Reader's Digest
6:58 pm - 32.4 miglia / 29 minuti - 7:28 pm
Giorno 3
9:00 am - 15.8 miglia / 36 minuti - 9:37 am
3. Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite
"At BLM's Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite, you can imagine walking along an ocean shoreline 167 million years ago with dozens of dinosaurs, who were looking to pick up a bite of lunch from what washed up on the last high tide." - BLM
10:37 am - 69.6 miglia / un'ora 28 minuti - 12:06 pm
1. Buffalo Bill Historical Center
"This place is famous for celebrating America's frontier heritage." - Off the Beaten Path by Reader's Digest
1:06 pm - 85.9 miglia / un'ora 19 minuti - 2:26 pm
"The state park offers free bathing at the State Bath House, where temperatures are moderated to a therapeutic 104°F." - Wikipedia
3:26 pm - 88.3 miglia / un'ora 58 minuti - 5:25 pm
"The state park is named for a portion of the Middle Fork of the Popo Agie River where it flows into an underground limestone cavern, named <i>the Sinks</i>, and emerges a quarter-mile down the canyon in a pool named <i>the Rise</i>." - Wikipedia
6:25 pm - 39.5 miglia / un'ora 3 minuti - 7:29 pm
12. South Pass City State Historic Site
"Gold was discovered here in 1867 and within a year 28 mines were established." - Off the Beaten Path by Reader's Digest
8:29 pm - 33.7 miglia / 52 minuti - 9:22 pm
Giorno 4
9:00 am - 75.8 miglia / un'ora 38 minuti - 10:39 am
6. National Bighorn Sheep Interpretive Center
"If any animal deserves a museum of its own, it's the rare and majestic bighorn sheep." - Off the Beaten Path by Reader's Digest
11:39 am - 162.8 miglia / 3 ore 3 minuti - 2:43 pm
"Museum of the Mountain Man is a museum located in Pinedale, Wyoming, US that exhibits western historical pieces relating to the mountain men who explored this region in the early to middle part of the 19th century. " - Wikipedia
3:43 pm - 119.5 miglia / 2 ore 16 minuti - 6:00 pm
15. Fossil Butte National Monument
"The quality of fossil preservation is extraordinary, nearly unparalleled in the fossil record." - National Park Service
7:00 pm - 14.5 miglia / 23 minuti - 7:24 pm
Giorno 5
9:00 am - 41.5 miglia / un'ora un minuto - 10:02 am
16. Fort Bridger State Historic Site
"The historical Fort Bridger has several interesting old buildings still standing: the old Pony Express barn and the Mormon protective wall." - Wikipedia
11:02 am - 239.9 miglia / 3 ore 28 minuti - 2:31 pm
"The aura of the mining community has been re-created at this museum complex - a cluster of 14 weather-beaten buildings" - Off the Beaten Path by Reader's Digest
3:31 pm - 134.8 miglia / 2 ore 7 minuti - 5:39 pm
"Vedauwoo is a group of spectacular granite rock formations rising out of the thin soils on Pole Mountain." - US Forest Service
6:39 pm - 33.9 miglia / 33 minuti - 7:13 pm
Giorno 6
9:00 am - 2.4 miglia / 5 minuti - 9:06 am
19. Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum
"For a deep dive into Cheyenne's pioneer past and rodeo present, visit this museum year round on the Frontier Days rodeo grounds. " - Lonely Planet
10:06 am - 1.8 miglia / 3 minuti - 10:10 am
"This bite-sized museum serves up a good preview of Wyoming." - Lonely Planet
11:10 am - 0.3 miglia / - 11:11 am