Forests & Wilderness Areas
Wyoming is home to many forests and wilderness areas, offering visitors a range of exciting and challenging activities and recreation, as well as stunning variations in scenery. In fact, many of the wilderness areas are open year round and the forest areas, though very protected, offer summer fun for all age groups.
Get 5% off our best rate. Good on all vans, cars and 8-person SUVs. Perfect for backcountry roads.The wilderness and forest areas in Wyoming are hard to choose from when planning a trip. Visitors can enjoy a wealth of recreation, things to see and do and accommodations. However, the biggest draw of the state's forests and wildernesses are by far their scenery, ranging from jagged mountain landscapes to wide open grassy meadows.
There are a total of fifteen wildernesses in Wyoming, including the Absaroka-Beartooth, the Bridger, the Cloud Peak, the Encampment River, the Fitzpatrick, the Gros Ventre, the Huston Park, the Jedediah Smith, the North Absaroka, the Platte River, the Popo Agie, the Savage Run, the Teton, the Washakie and the Winegar Hole wilderness areas. Its forests include the Bighorn National Forest, the Bridger-Teton National Forest, the Medicine Bow National Forest, the Shoshone National Forest and the Thunder Basin National Grassland.
The wildlife in these wilderness areas and forests are numerous. Activities can include hiking, fishing, camping, backpacking, hunting, horse riding, hiking, backcountry camping, skiing, wildlife watching, bird watching, climbing, mountaineering, kayaking, canoeing, rafting and even star gazing.
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