Northeast

Northeast Wyoming covers the country between the Black Hills and the Bighorn Mountains — five counties (Campbell, Crook, Johnson, Sheridan, Weston) holding Devils Tower at the eastern end and the Bighorn high country at the western. The terrain ranges from rolling sage prairie and the Powder River Basin’s coal country in the middle to the granite peaks and glacial cirques of the Cloud Peak Wilderness. Sheridan anchors the western end as the largest city, with the historic Sheridan Inn and King’s Saddlery downtown; Buffalo holds the Bozeman Trail history and the Occidental Hotel; Gillette in Campbell County runs the coal-and-energy corridor and the CAM-PLEX events center. Sundance in Crook County sits below the Black Hills; Devils Tower National Monument rises just to its north. Newcastle in Weston County holds the Anna Miller Museum and the southern approach to the Black Hills. Trips here usually pair Devils Tower with the Bighorn Mountains. US-14 climbs west out of Sheridan over Granite Pass and the Bighorn National Forest; the Cloud Peak Skyway loops south toward Buffalo; the I-90 corridor handles the Black Hills connection to South Dakota. Summer is the working season for the high country.