Hole In The Wall Wyoming Map

According to the town of kaycee s website the scenery varies from rolling rangeland to red rock buttes to steep canyons and the view is always spectacular.

Hole in the wall wyoming map. The hole in the wall was favorite winter hideout until it fell out of favor. A three mile trail starts on state land and ends on blm at the hole in the wall. Hole in the wall picnic area hole in the wall campground. Hole in the wall isn t actually a hole in the wall but an eroded portion of towering red sandstone that once led to an outlaw oasis.

Huge red boulders tumbled from the nearby rock wall dot the valley below like a giant s marble game and scrappy cottonwood trees offer a shady place to escape the sun along the creek bed. Backcountry camping is allowed in the recreation area. The willow creek ranch dates to 1882 when it was founded by kenneth. Menu reservations make reservations.

Hole in the wall site wyoming hole in the wall is a remote pass in the big horn mountains of johnson county wyoming. Hole in the wall hole in the wall is a remote pass in the big horn mountains of johnson county wyoming. A stone staircase skirts volcanic ash deposits known as tuff while the opalite cliffs glisten like diamonds among. In the late 19th and the early 20th century the hole in the wall gang and butch cassidy s wild bunch gang met at the log cabin which is now preserved at the old trail town museum in cody wyoming.

Hole in the wall campground 1601 barnum rd kaycee wy 82639. The hole in the wall in johnson county wyoming was one of the major hideaways the hole in the wall refers to both the fertile valley where gang members pastured stolen livestock and to the narrow trail up over the red wall the only way into the valley from the east. In the late 19th and the early 20th century the hole in the wall gang and butch cassidy s wild bunch gang met at the log cabin which is now preserved at the old trail town museum in cody wyoming. Located near kaycee in north central wyoming this infamous landmark was visited by a number of gangs after crime sprees.

See the attached hole in the wall access map from the blm for more detailed information. The makeshift town is preserved at the old trail town museum in cody wyoming but many sightseers favor going to see the original pass by visiting hole in the wall country near kaycee. One mile north of hole in the wall campground a viewpoint offers scenic vistas in all directions including nearby table top mountain an easily recognizable landmark for travelers heading west across the desert more than a century ago. The magic of hole in the wall.

Access road a3 natrona county road 105 leads to the hole in the wall historic site and the south bighorn red wall back country scenic byway. Historians claim as many as 30 or 40 bandits hung out in six log cabins here although the cabin foundations have slowly been covered as the years passed. The area is primitive in nature with no services. Hole in the wall can be accessed from the south on natrona county road 105 unmaintained two track.

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