Wyoming State Parks Shift To Winter Hours And Some Are Closed

It feels like just yesterday we were talking about Spring ending and Summer beginning, but we're already at the point in the year when all your favorite warm-weather spots in Wyoming are shifting into winter mode.

The Wyoming State Parks have announced that the seasonal hour changes are now in effect at locations like:

• Edness Kimball Wilkins State Park
• Hot Springs State Park
• Legend Rock State Petroglyph Site
• Trail End State Historic Site
• Wyoming Territorial Prison
• Wyoming Pioneer Museum
• Bear River State Park

Some of the State's historic sites are now closed until next year:

• Camp Douglas Officers' Club Historic Site
• Connor Battlefield Historic Site
• Fort Fetterman Historic Site
• Fort Fred Steele Historic Site
• Wyoming's Historic Governors Mansion
• Qubec 01 Site
• South Pass City

Museums and Interpretive Buildings in some locations are closed, but some of the facilities are open at:

• Fort Bridger Historic Site
• Fort Phil Kearny
• Guernsey State Park
• Medicine Lodge Archaeological Site
• Sinks Canyon

If you were planning on camping in the State Park System, many of the park's camping and lodging facilities are shut down until spring at:

• Boysen State Park
• Buffalo Bill State Park
• Curt Gowdy State Park
• Guernsey State Park
• Keyhole State Park

It's always a good idea to check what is open and available during late fall and winter. Also, even though it's considered the "off season," you still need to pay day-use and camping fees where they're still allowed.

WyoParks.gov is a great resource for fees, how to pay them, and what they include.