| Rock Springs, Wyoming, whose best-known resident was outlaw Butch Cassidy, remains a gateway to the west. Visitors to Rock Springs enjoy a multitude of outdoor recreation opportunities both locally and in the surrounding areas of southwestern Wyoming.Southwestern Wyoming has outstanding wildlife, including more than 1,600 wild horses. In the spring and early summer, these symbols of the Old West produce a new crop of foals enchanting to everyone. Besides diverse wildlife and spectacular scenery, the area also offers many places to hunt, fish, canoe, kayak, camp, hike, mountain bike, bird watch, hang glide, and take memorable photographs.Major recreational areas include Bureau of Land Management lands, Sweetwater River Campgrounds, Bridger Wilderness, the Big Sandy Recreation Area and Big Sandy Dam, Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, Fontenelle Reservoir, Green River, Killpecker Sand Dunes, Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge, and Browns Park National Wildlife Refuge.Do you like geocaching? Rock Springs, Wyoming offers over 500 opportunities for geocaching. When you visit Rock Springs, be sure to bring your GPS and look for geocaches near Rock Springs.No matter what part of southwestern Wyoming visitors choose to visit, Rock Springs invites everyone to make this their vacation headquarters for fun. |
