* Dubois, WY (western Wyoming, on Hwys 26 & 287)
Dubois is ranch and lodge country, high in the Rocky Mountains. For example, the
Brooks Lake Lodge is a mountain resort located 30 miles from Dubois, 50 miles from Grand Teton National Park, 60 miles from Yellowstone National Park, and 60 miles from Jackson, WY. They have fishing and skiing on site, plus a free full breakfast.
Where else to stay
* Hulett, WY (northeast Wyoming)
With fishing, golf, and hiking nearby, Hulette is west of Belle Fourche, SD on Hwy 24.
Diamond L. Guest Ranch in Hulett, WY is a family oriented
ranch offering a free full breakfast, no tv, and a morning horse ride after breakfast each day, plus an evening ride after supper each night. The Diamond L is 18 miles from Devil's Tower.
Where to stay
* Jackson, WY (northwest Wyoming south of the Grand Teton National Park)
Jackson Hole is known for skiing, snowmobiling, seclusion. The Grand Teton National Park is nearby and Yellowstone National Park is less than an hour away.
The Snow King Resort Hotel offers an on-site Alpine slide, miniature golf, and horseback riding in the summer,
and on-site skiing and ice skating in the winter. The National Elk Refuge is also nearby. Where else to stay
* Sheridan, WY (north central Wyoming just east of the Bighorn Mountains)
Located just east of the Bighorn National Forest, staying in Sheridan makes daytrips convenient
for hunting, fishing, scenic drives, and exploring historic sites. Where to stay
* Sundance, WY (northeastern Wyoming; near Devils Tower and Black Hills)
Best Value Inn - Bear Lodge
on I-90 is 28 miles from Devil's Tower National Monument, which you may have seen in the movie "Close Encounters of the Third Kind".
Hunting, fishing, snowmobiling, and cross country skiing are available nearby. Best Western Inn at Sundance
offers an indoor pool, a heated pool, a hot tub, and truck parking. They are 4 miles from hunting
in the Black Hills National Forest. Where to stay
NATIONAL PARKS
Grand Teton National Park (western Wyoming)
* Teton Village offers
several choices in the area including Jackson Hole.
* Moose, WY
South of park:
National Elk refuge
* Jackson, WY
* Teton Village, WY
Yellowstone National Park (northwestern Wyoming)
* Come to Yellowstone National Park
to spend more time exploring bubbling geysers and timing Old Faithful. OLd Faithful Snow Lodge and Cabins
is open in the winter from late December to early March for winter activities like cross-country skiing
and snowmobiling. No TV, no Radios, no A/C, no Internet - what a hoot! Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel and Cabins,
at the north entrance of the park, also have a early May to mid-October regular season, and a late December to
early March for winter activities. Canyon Lodge and Cabins is
centrally located in the park, and just a half mile from the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River. You can
check room rates and date availability on-line. Lodging within Yellowstone National Park requires us to
contact them to fulfill requests.
GUEST RANCHES
* Two Bars Seven Ranch in Tie Siding,
24 miles south of Laramie on US 287. They have 32 cabins, no TV, fishing and hot tub on site, plus horseback riding and kids activities.
Stay here for the Greeley Stampede, Cheyenne Frontier Days, and/or Laramie Jubilee Days.
* Kedesh Ranch is located on US Hwy
14 at the entrance to Shell Canyon. Stay here for hiking, basketball, volleyball, ping pong, horseshoes,
entertainment, horseback riding, fishing, sight seeing. What can you see? The Big Horn Mountains, Chimney
Rock, Shell Canyon and Shell Canyon Waterfall. Plus the Yellowstone National Park is 2 miles away.
* Vee Bar Guest Ranch is 20 miles west of Laramie, WY.
Open June thru September, come here for individual horses, evening entertainment, daily housekeeping,
riding instruction, hayrides, river tubing, snowy range tour. And there is horseback riding and fishing nearby.
* Wapiti, WY has several lodge, ranch, and resort options outside of, but near, Yellowstone National Park..
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