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10 Best Cities in Wyoming

Wyoming is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the southwest, and Colorado to the south.

Wyoming’s western half is covered mostly by the ranges and rangelands of the Rocky Mountains, while the eastern half of the state is high-elevation prairie called the High Plains. The state is subdivided into 22 counties and 99 incorporated municipalities. Below is a list of the 10 best cities in Wyoming;

1. Cheyenne

Cheyenne – Wikipedia

Cheyenne is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Wyoming, lying near the southeast corner of the state. Local residents named the town after the Cheyenne Native American people in 1867 when it was founded in the Dakota Territory. The city of Cheyenne was named a “Trail Town USA” by the National Park service and the American Hiking Society.

Over fifty different locations in Cheyenne are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, including Downtown Cheyenne Historic District, which encompasses 205 acres and 67 buildings. The world鈥檚 largest steam engine is on display in Holliday Park. Frontier Days, featuring one of America鈥檚 oldest and largest rodeos, is a six-day celebration held each July, recalling the spirit of the Wild West and the cattle kingdom days.

Cheyenne is at the top of the list because it is the capital of Wyoming and home to the Cheyenne Frontier Days Old Western Museum.

2. Jackson

Jackson – Wikipedia

Jackson is a town in the Jackson Hole valley of Teton County, Wyoming, United States. The Town of Jackson was named in 1894 and incorporated in 1914. It derives its name from the valley in which it is located.

The town of Jackson is a popular tourist destination due to its proximity to the ski resorts Jackson Hole Mountain, Snow King Mountain, and Grand Targhee, as well as Grand Teton National Park and Yellowstone National Park. It also has a large shopping and eating district characterized by a large number of art galleries, custom jewelers, and designer clothing retailers centered on the town square.

Jackson also known as 鈥淓quality State鈥� is on the list because of being a city that allowed women to exercise their rights at a time when many cities oppressed women.

3. Casper

Casper – Flickr

Casper is the second-largest city in Wyoming, United States. The city was founded by developers as an anticipated stopping point during the expansion of the Wyoming Central Railway. The town is named “Casper”, instead of “Caspar”, honoring the memory of Fort Caspar and Lt. Caspar Collins, due to a typo that occurred when the town’s name was officially registered.

It is nicknamed “The Oil City” and has a long history of oil boomtown and cowboy culture. Oil was first discovered in the famous Salt Creek Oil Field in 1889. During the solar eclipse of August 21, 2017, the city received a significant number of visitors due to its position along the path of totality.

Casper is home to the Troopers, a drum and bugle corps in Drum Corps International, and the Wyoming Symphony Orchestra.

Casper is on the list because of the National Historical Trails Interpretive Center that evoke the journey of the 1800s pioneers.

4. Gillette

Gillette – Flickr

Gillette is a city in and the county seat of Campbell County, Wyoming, United States. The town was founded in 1891 as a major railway town on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. Before its founding, Gillette started as Donkey Town, named after Donkey Creek, and then was moved and called Rocky Pile after Rocky Draw. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad changed the name to Gillette after Edward Gillette, a surveyor for the company. It was incorporated on January 6, 1892.

The city calls itself the “Energy Capital of the Nation” because of the vast quantities of American coal, oil, and coalbed methane gas. While in the city explore cultural museums, tour a coal mine, enjoy bird watching, swimming, and fishing at the state park and discover a buffalo jump, the first national monument in the country.

Gillette appears on the list because of its rich history in the energy sector of the nation, to the extent of being dubbed the 鈥淓nergy Capital.鈥�

5. Rock Springs

Rock Springs – Flickr

Rock Springs is a city in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States. It derives its name from a rock spring which flowed in the Number 6 district in the northern part of town. Later, an ‘S’ was added to the name, making it “Rock Springs”.

Rock Springs is known as the Home of 56 Nationalities because of the influx of immigrants from all over the world who came to work in the coal mines that supplied the fuel to power the steam engines of the Union Pacific Railroad.

The city’s rich cultural heritage is celebrated each summer on International Day, a festival where the foods, costumes, and traditions of residents’ ancestors are recreated and enjoyed at Bunning Park in downtown Rock Springs.

Rock Springs is included on the list because of its diverse cultural heritage, being home to 56 Nationalities.

6. Laramie

Downtown Laramie – Flickr

Laramie is a city located on the Laramie River in southeastern Wyoming. The city was settled in the mid-19th century along the Union Pacific Railroad line, which crosses the Laramie River at Laramie. It was named for Jacques LaRamie, a French or French-Canadian trapper who disappeared in the Laramie Mountains in the early 1820s and was never heard from again.

While in the city you can travel pack in time at the Wyoming Territorial Prison State Historic Site, where the infamous outlaw, Butch Cassidy, was once held and at the University of Wyoming鈥檚 Geological Museum, Wyoming鈥檚 very own 鈥淛urassic Park.鈥� Explore the great outdoors by climbing gravity-defying rock formations in Vedauwoo Recreation Area to downhill skiing at Snowy Range Ski Area.

Laramie is on the list because of Vedauwoo Recreational Area that offers incredible views of gravity-defying rock formations.

7. Green River

Grenn River – Flickr

Green River is a city in the southwestern part of the state. Although the Territory of Wyoming was created on July 25, 1868, the Town of Green River was incorporated on August 21, 1868, under the laws of the previous Territory of Dakota since the laws of the Wyoming Territory had yet to be written. The Town of Green River was re-incorporated on June 10, 1891, under the laws of the State of Wyoming to remove any ambiguity.

The Green River Basin contains the world’s largest known deposit of trona ore. Green River offers world-class fishing and wildlife watching. Enjoy river rafting, kayaking and mountain biking in its rugged outdoors.

We selected Green River because of its multicultural cuisines that are served in the locally owned restaurants.

8. Cody

Cody – Flickr

Cody is a city in Northwest Wyoming along the Shoshone River and is nestled between the Beartooth and Absaroka Mountains. It is named after Colonel William Frederick “Buffalo Bill” who passed through the region in the 1870s. He returned to the area once again in the mid-1890s to start the town.

Known as the 鈥渕ost charming town鈥� in Wyoming it is home to The Buffalo Bill Center of the West which contains five museums in one, including the Draper Natural History Museum, the Plains Indian Museum, the Cody Firearms Museum, the Whitney Western Art Museum and the Buffalo Bill Museum which chronicles the life of William F. Cody, for whom the historical center is named.

Cody is included on the list because of its proximity to Yellowstone National Park, the first national park in the world.

9. Powell

Powell’s summer, 2015 – Wikipedia

Powell is a city on the Shoshone River. The city was founded as a ranching centre in the Powder River basin, a predominantly agricultural district, and named after John Wesley Powell, U.S. soldier, geologist and explorer. It was incorporated in 1909.

The city is surrounded by mountains on all sides that provide great trails for hikers, bikers, horsemen, and cross-country skiers. Mountain rivers and lakes provide blue ribbon fishing and a playground for paddling, kayaking, canoeing, and sailing. The vast amount of public lands and breathtaking scenery are great for family activities. 

Powell appears on the list because of its massive collection of recreational activities one can choose from.

10. Lander

Lander – Wikipedia

Lander is in central Wyoming, along the Middle Fork of the Popo Agie River, just south of the Wind River Indian Reservation. The city was previously known as Pushroot, Old Camp Brown and Fort Augur. Its present name was chosen in 1875 after General Frederick W. Lander, a transcontinental explorer who surveyed the Oregon Trail’s Lander Cutoff.

It is ranked as one of the best outdoor towns in America, Lander is a gateway into the Wind River Mountains and internationally known for rock climbing. Gannett Peak at 13,804 feet is Wyoming’s highest peak. The Wind River Range has over 40 peaks about 13,000 feet, seven of the largest glaciers in the Rocky Mountains and over 1,300 lakes.

Lander appears on the list because of its internationally known rock climbing, especially on the Wind River Mountain.