Bighorn Scenic Byway
Wyoming Scenic Byway 51 mi in Wyoming.
About the Bighorn Scenic Byway
This scenic byway begins in Shell, Wyoming, and travels east before connecting with Medicine Wheel Passage. Bighorn Scenic Byway passes through Bighorn National Forest, past Shell Falls and over Granite Pass, featuring views of vast ranchlands, limestone outcroppings and various mountain peaks along the way. Be sure to make time for stops at scenic overlooks, trails and other enjoyable outdoor areas.
Wyoming Office of Tourism's own description, in its words. Scenic byways on travelwyoming.com.
Designations: Wyoming State Scenic Byway, National Forest Scenic Byway.
Camping along the byway
- Mile 15 · 1.6 mi offShell Creek · Forest Service · 15 sites · reservable
- Mile 15 · 2.4 mi offRanger Creek Recreation Area · Forest Service · 12 sites · reservable
- Mile 25 · 2.1 mi offDead Swede · Forest Service · 21 sites · reservable
- Mile 27 · on the roadOwen Creek · Forest Service · 8 sites · reservable
- Mile 27 · 1.8 mi offTie Flume · Forest Service · 27 sites · reservable
- Mile 32 · 1.0 mi offNorth Tongue · Forest Service · 12 sites · reservable
- Mile 33 · on the roadBurgess Junction Visitor Center · Forest Service · 1 sites · reservable
- Mile 35 · on the roadPine Island Group Area · Forest Service · 1 sites · reservable
- Mile 36 · on the roadPrune Creek · Forest Service · 21 sites · reservable
- Mile 37 · on the roadSibley Lake · Forest Service · 25 sites · reservable
Public campgrounds within 5 miles of the road as the crow flies, in order along the byway; each one's page has its facts, season and weather by month.
About this page's facts
The line is the Federal Highway Administration's scenic byways layer (HEPGIS, a snapshot of 2022-06-24, a US government work), cut at the state line and simplified for the map; the length is the line's. The designation is the program's own: the national tiers from FHWA's America's Byways roster, the rest from the layer's designation field. Road conditions, closures and seasonal gates change: check the agency's own page and the state's road conditions before you go.