Northwest

Northwest Wyoming is the most-visited part of the state — six counties (Big Horn, Fremont, Hot Springs, Park, Teton, Washakie) holding Yellowstone National Park, Grand Teton National Park, and the Wind River Range. The terrain ranges from the Greater Yellowstone geyser basins and the high Tetons in the west to the Bighorn Basin’s red-rock country and the Wind River Indian Reservation across the Wind River Mountains. Jackson anchors Teton County at the southern entrance to Grand Teton; Cody in Park County runs the eastern approach to Yellowstone with the Buffalo Bill Center of the West and the Cody Nite Rodeo all summer; Thermopolis in Hot Springs County holds Hot Springs State Park and the world’s largest mineral hot spring; Lander, Riverton, and Dubois fill Fremont County with the Wind River front; Worland and Greybull anchor the Bighorn Basin in Washakie and Big Horn. Most trips here center on the parks. The Cody-Yellowstone-Jackson loop is the standard; the Wind River and Beartooth Highway add the longer drives. Summer is the practical window — most park roads close from November to May.