Platte County, WY
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Glendo State Park is one of southern Wyoming’s most popular boating
parks. It offers visitors water-skiing, fishing and other water-based activ-
ities. Fishing is so good that Glendo has several fish records. Day-use
and overnight facilities feature improved campsites, comfort stations, ta-
bles and grills. A commercial concession at the reservoir provides visitors
with complete marina services, motel units and fishing equipment.
Guernsey State Park provides seven
campgrounds. Five are around the lake.
All include comfort stations, picnic ta-
bles, fire grills and drinking water. New
yurts that sleep four with a deck, picnic
table, fire pit and fire grills make for a
unique camping experience. Enjoy an
amazing view and a private area. The
Guernsey Museum is a magnificent
stone building – built by the Civilian
Conservation Corps - with a roof that is
framed with timbers and covered with
split cedar shakes, and the floors were
formed by pieces of smooth flagstone.
Oregon Trail Ruts and Register Cliff - The
best-known emigrant trail in America
stretches from Missouri to the Pacific
Coast, enters Platte County between
Fort Laramie and Guernsey.
During the most active period of the
Oregon Trail, 1840-1870, an estimated
300,000 men, women and children trav-
eled westward, view the ruts still visible
today! Wagon trains tried to reach Warm
Springs, a mile southwest of Guernsey,
on their first day out of Fort Laramie. The
waters of the springs afforded travelers
a chance to wash clothes in warm water
instead of cold river water. Along the
way, thousands stopped to scratch their
names into the soft sandstone of Regis-
ter Cliff and can still be view today!
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