Museums
Grand Encampment Museum
No admission feeA museum in Encampment, Wyoming, with over a dozen historic buildings holding artifacts from the valley's timber, mining, and farming past.
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Sightseeing
Fort Fred Steele State Historic Site
Remains of an 1868 frontier Army post beside the transcontinental railroad, reached from Interstate 80 near Rawlins.
I-80, Exit 228, 1.25 miles north of rest area, Rawlins, WY 82334 · Rawlins, WY
About Fort Fred Steele State Historic Site
This Wyoming state historic site preserves the ruins of a frontier Army post built in 1868 to guard the Union Pacific Railroad where it crossed the North Platte River. The fort also connected to the region's lumber and livestock trades. Many foundations remain visible today, though few structures still stand. The site is run by the state's historic sites division and is named for General Frederick Steele, who had recently died when the post was founded.
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- #Union Pacific Railroad
- #Wyoming history
- #ruins
- #I-80 Exit 228
What's around here?
The closest stops to Fort Fred Steele State Historic Site, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.
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- SightseeingHistory Buff
Independence Rock
Under $25Walk around or climb a granite dome where Oregon Trail emigrants carved thousands of names on their way west.
50 mi awayMore like this
- Sports & OutdoorsOutdoor Adventure
Medicine Bow National Forest
No admission feeHike, camp, climb and drive through the mountain forests of the Snowy Range, Sierra Madre and Vedauwoo in southeastern Wyoming.
51 mi awaySwitch it up: Sports & Outdoors
