Tie Hack Dam and Reservoir Distance 0.00 miles

Tie Hack Dam and Reservoir is located at the confluence of the South Fork of Clear Creek and Sourdough Creek and provides water to the City of Buffalo. The dam was finished in 1997 and stands at an elevation of 7,900 feet. Tie Hack Reservoir is a popular fishing spot; anglers can catch Brook, Brown, Cutthroat Trout, and Grayling, and no motorized boats are allowed on Tie Hack. Other nearby fishing spots include Meadowlark Lake, Lake DeSmet, Healy Reservoir, and tributaries of Clear Creek to name... Read more...

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Historic Occidental Hotel Distance 0.00 miles

After lunch, visit our Historic Occidental Hotel, a working hotel & museum, and soak in the history.

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Geology of Johnson County and US-16W Rock Formations Distance 0.00 miles

The rock formations along US-16 are made up of Paleozoic limestone and dolomite beds which cut into much older Precambrian rocks that are roughly 2.5 – 3 billion years old. The metamorphic rock layers were formed through a combination of extreme temperature and pressure, most likely during an ancient mountain building period. Mountains in Wyoming generally contain limestone, gypsum, bentonite, phosphate rock, copper, iron ore, molybdenum, and feldspar, as well as deposits of oil, natural gas, ... Read more...

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Jim Gatchell Memorial Museum Distance 0.00 miles

Johnson County culture, head around the corner to the Jim Gatchell Memorial Museum, which houses one of the most historically significant collections in the Rocky Mountain West! The Museum Store will provide you with a choice of Wyoming made products, unique jewelry and a wealth of Western history books including a selection of children’s books.

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Sourdough Dam Distance 0.00 miles

Sourdough Dam, made completely of logs and earthen banks, was the original Tie Hack Dam before the current engineered reservoir and dam were built. Sourdough Creek, for a century, was a major source of timber production in Johnson County. Timber workers, known as “tie hacks”, would cut logs and stack them within the creek through the winter months. In the spring these earthen dams were blown up, and flumes, sometimes three and a half miles long, carried the heavy ties down Clear Creek to Buf... Read more...

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Mountain Plains Heritage Park Distance 0.00 miles

Finish your day by heading East of town to Mountain Plains Heritage Park, a beautiful milelong marked, looping nature trail. Walk along the paths first traveled by the pioneers of the Bozeman Trail. Afterwards, stop for dinner wherever strikes your fancy. There are plenty of options to choose from: BBQ at Rollin’ Coals, steak at Bozeman Trail Steakhouse or Winchester, and a wide variety at The Virginian (converted into a restaurant from the old bank, where Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ... Read more...

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Crazy Woman Canyon Distance 0.00 miles

There are many legends regarding the naming of Crazy Woman Canyon. One involves a white woman while another a Native American woman. Crazy Woman Creek originates in the Hazelton Peak area of the Big Horn Mountains and becomes a tributary of Powder River. The canyon is a beautiful drive with sheer rock walls on both sides closely following the creek. During the summer, many species of wildflowers are in bloom. It started out as a stock trail before a CCC camp stationed there in the 1930s dynamit... Read more...

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Rosebud Battlefield Distance 0.00 miles

Start your morning off right after breakfast, with a drive up into Montana for this Battlefield Ride. Take a short run on Interstate 90 to Piney Creek Road and then through Story, Wyoming on old Highway 87, straight up into Sheridan. This scenic route may take a bit longer than the interstate, but it’s well worth it. Make a quick pit stop to fuel up for the journey into the “Treasure State”. After leaving Sheridan, you’ll cross into Montana. Drive up the Rosebud Valley and into the Ros... Read more...

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Red Hills and Scoria Distance 0.00 miles

As you drive along Tipperary Road towards the Dry Creek Petrified Tree Environmental Education Area, you may notice red buttes around you. The reddish scoria or clinker is made of shale or sandstone that is fused underground in burning coal beds, turning red when the iron in the rock is exposed. Due to the abundance of scoria in the area, the material is used in road construction, giving roads in Johnson County their red color. Wyoming has many extensive coal beds. Long ago, Wyoming was th... Read more...

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Custer National Cemetery Distance 0.00 miles

After visiting Rosebud, continue north and head west at the end of the road. Stop for lunch at Custer Battlefield Trading post, located in the heart of Crow Country. They carry a full menu and have the very best Indian Taco, along with Buffalo steaks and burgers.

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Sagebrush and Johnson County's Landscape Distance 0.00 miles

Sagebrush covers nearly half of the Wyoming landscape and provides habitat and food for 87 mammal species, 297 bird species, and 63 reptile, fish, and amphibian species. Some of the species you might see gathered around the sagebrush include sage grouse, foxes, coyotes, and pronghorns.

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Little Bighorn Battlefied National Monument Distance 0.00 miles

After filling your belly, head across to the Little Bighorn Battlefield. Don’t forget to stop at Custer National Cemetery and the Seventh Calvary Memorial along the way! The Little Bighorn Battlefield is a poignant place, very unchanged since 1876, when the most famous of battles between the US Army and the Plains Indians took place.

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Dry Creek Petrified Tree Environmental Education Area Distance 0.00 miles

The Dry Creek Petrified Tree Environmental Education Area is located 13 miles east of Buffalo and features a 0.8 mile interpretive walking trail. This area of Johnson County is an excellent place to see evidence of the Paleocene swamp landscape. The petrified trees formerly towered as Metasequoia (Dawn Redwoods) trees at the edge of an ancient swamp. Scientists believe this area was the site of massive flooding that buried the lower trunks and roots in sediments while the branches died an... Read more...

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Healy Reservoir Distance 0.00 miles

Depart from Buffalo in the morning and start your ride traveling east on U.S. Highway 16. You’ll be following Clear Creek along the path of the old Wyoming Railroad. Along the way, you can stop off at the Healy Reservoir, a popular site for fishing. Whether you’re spinning, bait casting or fly fishing, your chances of getting a bite here are good. So bring your favorite fishing rod and reel, and don’t forget your fishing license!

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Fire Ecology of Johnson County Distance 0.00 miles

The fire ecology of Johnson County is variable, depending upon the diverse plant communities that reach from the Big Horn Mountains to the Powder River basin. Most plants in the area are adapted to fire and re-establish themselves by seed or re-sprouting. Chokecherries, aspen, and most grasses typically re-sprout after fire whereas Curl-Leaf Mountain Mahogany and Wyoming Big Sagebrush reestablish themselves by seed. Some trees like Ponderosa Pine are resistant to surface fire and survive the low... Read more...

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