Population: 3,172
Elevation: 4504
Region: Northwest
Places to Dine in Thermopolis
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Annual Festivals: Wine, Food & Fine Art Fest; Hoop It Up 3 On 3 Basketball; State Fiddle Contest; Classic Car Rally Father's Day Weekend; 4th of July in the State Park family fun; PRCA Rodeo; Cowboy Poetry Gathering; Big Horn Basin Bottle Show; Winter Gala in Hot Springs State Park
Thermopolis-Hot Springs Wyoming's "HOT SPOT". A great place to stay year round swim, soak, and slide in pools from the "World's Largest Mineral Hot Springs." The most visited State Park in Wyoming. The name thermopolis is a combination of the Latin word thermal (heat) and a Greek word polis (city). Visitors can spend hours touring the Hot Springs Museum and Cultural Center.
The museum houses a large number of relics, pictures, and Indian artifacts including a copy of the treaty giving the nearby hot spring to the people of the United States. The original back bar from the "Hole-in-the-Wall Saloon" is also in the museum. Wind River Canyon now a Scenic By-Way; Buffal, Horseback riding, golfing, Geological Wonders, Petroglyphs, Wyoming Dinosaur Center; Teddy Bear Museum, Boysen State Park, Enjoy white water rafting, Blue ribbon trout fishing, hunting, RV Parks & Camp grounds. Boating, Motels, Hotels, and Guest Ranch.
Don't Miss: Get up close and personal with a T-Rex - not to mention hundreds of other prehistoric creatures - at the Wyoming Dinosaur Center http://www.wyodino.org