Tidbits & facts
On your vacation to Wind River country you will find:
- 53 mountain peaks in the Wind River Range over 13,000 feet
- 626 lakes and reservoirs
- 2,057 miles of rivers and streams
- 5,242,085 acres (85% of the county) of publicly owned land
- Wyoming’s highest peak, Gannett, at 13,804 feet
- 7 of the largest glaciers in the Rocky Mountains, and dozens more
- 2.1 pronghorn antelope and only 4.1 people per square mile
- 300 days of sunshine per year
- Almost 200 miles of the Continental Divide
- More than 70 miles of the Oregon Trail, much of it on public land