Laramie Packages/Deals & Travel Agents Near Me

Overview

Introduction

Fort Laramie started out in 1834 as a fur-trading post, then became an important government outpost on the Oregon Trail. Settlers traveling west would stop there for supplies or to seek protection during hostilities with Native Americans during the Plains Indian Wars. Although the fort was abandoned in 1890, it has since been restored. Begin at the visitors center, then make a tour of the many buildings, including the cavalry barracks, the post trader's store and Old Bedlam—the post headquarters and social center. With the staff outfitted in period costumes (June to mid-August), Fort Laramie re-creates much of the bustle and excitement of the Old West.

Guernsey State Park (northwest of Fort Laramie), one of Wyoming's most popular state parks, is known for the bluffs that surround the park's waters. It also has some classic Great Depression-era Conservation Corps buildings made of log and rock, one of which houses a history museum. Look for wagon-wheel ruts left behind by Oregon Trail travelers, some of whom "signed" Registration Rock. Fort Laramie is 90 mi/145 km north of Cheyenne.

Overview

Introduction

Located in the southeastern part of the state 40 mi/64 km west of Cheyenne, Laramie began as a railroad town similar to others in southern Wyoming. Laramie is now the third-largest city in Wyoming and home of the University of Wyoming, the nation's highest campus, at 7,220 ft/2,200 m above sea level.

When not participating in in-town revelry, visitors can hike the 5.5-mi/9-km trail up 10,272-ft/3,184-m Laramie Peak, the highest point in the Laramie Mountains.

On the other side of Laramie is the Snowy Range Scenic Byway, which begins about 30 mi/50 km west of town and follows Highway 130. The pine-lined road runs up into the Medicine Bow Mountains and yields impressive views from the Libby Flats Observation Point.

The drive north of Battlefield Highway on Forest Road 801 takes visitors through Aspen Alley, where fall colors peak mid-September to early October.