USDA Forest Service · Wyoming

Burgess Junction Visitor Center

USDA Forest Service · Wyoming, United States

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Sites: 1
Season: May 22 to September 7
Drinking water: Yes
Restrooms: Yes
Elevation: 7,949 ft
Dark sky: Bortle class 1
Cell coverage: T-Mobile none · AT&T none · Verizon none (carriers' 4G LTE filings to the FCC, 2025-12; not measured here)
Access road: BURGESS V.C. BACK LOOP (NFSR 802C) · asphalt · high degree of user comfort
Lake: Bighorn National Forest
Nearest town: Ranchester

1 numbered sites are mapped one by one - open the site map to pick yours.

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Weather, month by month

Month	Typical high	Typical low	Coldest night	Hottest day	Years with a night below 32°F
January	26°	11°	-29°	42°	11 of 11
February	26°	8°	-20°	47°	11 of 11
March	34°	18°	-1°	52°	11 of 11
April	38°	21°	-4°	54°	11 of 11
May	47°	31°	13°	62°	11 of 11
June	62°	42°	31°	85°	1 of 11
July	73°	51°	39°	87°	0 of 11
August	70°	49°	39°	80°	0 of 11
September	62°	42°	12°	76°	4 of 11
October	47°	28°	7°	65°	10 of 10
November	38°	19°	-18°	55°	10 of 10
December	29°	13°	-9°	45°	10 of 10

Mid-month figures from 2016–2026 of daily weather at this spot (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0), in °F. Typical is the median; coldest and hottest are the extremes seen.

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Prune Creek · USDA Forest Service · 2 mi · 21 sites
Sibley Lake · USDA Forest Service · 3 mi · 25 sites
Tie Flume · USDA Forest Service · 5 mi · 27 sites

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