Wyoming Centennial Scenic Byway
Places to Visit
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Badlands Overlook shows the Badlands, formed from colored mudstones, sandstones, and conglomerates, which have eroded to form a red-and-white banded landscape, unique to this area.
Location: Located at Mile 3.5 along the Wyoming Centennial Scenic Byway.
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Bridger-Teton National Forest (WY)
Named after mountain man Jim Bridger, this national forest has the highest peak in Wyoming and much wildlife
Location: Located in northwestern Wyoming.
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Located in western Wyoming, the town of Dubois is a full-service community comprised of frame and log buildings, on the bank of Horse Creek.
Location: Located along Hwy 26/287 at Mile 1 for Wyoming Centennial Scenic Byway.
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Fossil Butte National Monument (WY)
This 50-million year old lakebed is one of the richest fossil localities in the world.
Distance from byway: On the byway Directions: The monument is located in southwestern Wyoming, 15 miles west of Kemmerer on Highway 30. From Kemmerer travel 12 miles west on highway 30 and follow the signs an additional 5 miles to the park visitor center.
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Grand Teton National Park (WY)
The Teton Range, for which the park is named, dominates the landscape with its jagged, glacially-carved peaks that rise without foothills from the west side of the park.
Distance from byway: On the byway Directions: The middle stretch of the byway travels through the national park.
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Jackson is situated in the scenic Teton Range only 20 miles from Grand Teton National Park and 120 miles from Yellowstone. It has an artistic and frontier flavor.
Location: Western Wyoming
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The refuge provides a winter home for an average of 7,500 elk, one of the largest wintering concentrations of elk.
Distance from byway: On the byway Directions: The National Elk Refuge lies just northeast of the Town of Jackson, Wyoming.
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Shoshone National Forest's 2,466,586 acres sprawl along Yellowstone National Park's eastern border and down into the Wind River Range.
Distance from byway: On the byway Directions: The byway travels through the Shoshone National Forest.
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Yellowstone National Park (WY)
At 2.2 million acres or 3,472 square miles, Yellowstone is the first and largest park in the lower 48.
Location: Northeast Corner of Wyoming
