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The Middle Fork Popo Agie River is a river in Wyoming in the United States. The river is 54 miles (87 km) [3] long. The river is sometimes referred to as simply the 'Middle Fork'. The river is part of the Popo Agie Watershed [3] and from its headwaters in the Wind River Range until it joins with the North Fork of the Popo Agie River in the Wind ...
Sinks Canyon State Park is a public recreation and nature preservation area located in the Wind River Mountains, six miles (9.7 km) southwest of Lander, Wyoming, on Wyoming Highway 131. The state park is named for a portion of the Middle Fork of the Popo Agie River where it flows into an underground limestone cavern, named "the Sinks," and ...
Lander is a city in Wyoming, United States, and the county seat of Fremont County. It is in central Wyoming, along the Middle Fork of the Popo Agie River, just south of the Wind River Indian Reservation. It is a tourism center with several nearby guest ranches. Its population was 7,546 at the 2020 census. [5]
Red Desert (Wyoming) Coordinates: 41°49′29″N 108°17′12″W. The Killpecker Sand Dunes of the Red Desert support a wide range of wildlife and vegetation, ranging from elk who use the adjoining sagebrush steppe for shelter to aquatic organisms that thrive in snowmelt ponds. Photo by the Bureau of Land Management.
Dinwoody Creek, Bull Lake Creek, Little Wind River. The Wind River is the name applied to the upper reaches of the Bighorn River in Wyoming in the United States. The Wind River is 185 miles (298 km) [3] long. The two rivers are sometimes referred to as the Wind/Bighorn.
Popo Agie Wilderness / poʊˈpoʊʒə / [1] [2] is located within Shoshone National Forest, Wyoming, United States. The wilderness consists of 101,870 acres (41,230 ha; 159.17 sq mi) on the east side of the continental divide in the Wind River Range. Originally set aside as a primitive area in 1932, in 1984 the Wyoming Wilderness Act was passed ...
List of largest reservoirs in Wyoming. The following is a list of the fourteen reservoirs, in the United States state of Wyoming, that contain at least 40,000 acre-feet (49 million cubic meters) when at full capacity. In addition to in-stream reservoirs, the list includes enhanced natural lakes, notably Jackson Lake.
Jackson Lake (Wyoming) / 43.90056°N 110.67389°W / 43.90056; -110.67389. Jackson Lake is in Grand Teton National Park in northwestern Wyoming. [3] This natural lake was enlarged by the construction of the Jackson Lake Dam, which was originally built in 1911, enlarged in 1916 and rebuilt by 1989. [4] As part of the Minidoka Project the ...