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Crossroads of a Nation Moving West

This “grand old post,” established as a private fur trading fort in 1834, witnessed the entire sweeping saga of America’s western expansion and Indian resistance to encroachment on their territories. Indians, trappers, traders, missionaries, emigrants, gold seekers, soldiers, cowboys and homesteaders would leave their mark on a place that would become famous in the American West.

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Photo of the cavalry barracks.

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965 Gray Rocks Road
Fort Laramie, Wyoming 82212

Phone

Park Headquarters
(307) 837-2221

Fax

(307) 837-2120

Climate

This is the warmest area of Wyoming. Summer days can get quite hot (over 100 degrees) with average temperatures in the 80s and 90s, though nights are mostly cool.

The region is semi-arid with a very distinct winter dry season. About 70% of the normal annual precipitation falls during the spring and early summer.

Winters are cold and breezy with sub-zero days not being uncommon.
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Communities Surrounding Fort Laramie National Historic Site
Note: The times listed below are approximate driving times to the park.
Fort Laramie, WY (5 min. ) Pop. 243
Lingle, WY (18 min. ) Pop. 510
Guernsey, WY (21 min. ) Pop. 1,147
Hartville, WY (27 min. ) Pop. 76
Torrington, WY (30 min. ) Pop. 5,776
Veteran, WY (41 min. ) Pop. 28
Huntley, WY (47 min. ) Pop. 21
Yoder, WY (48 min. ) Pop. 169
Jay Em, WY (48 min. )
Wheatland, WY (50 min. ) Pop. 3,548
Lyman, NE (52 min. ) Pop. 421
Hawk Springs, WY (56 min. ) Pop. 69
Glendo, WY (57 min. ) Pop. 229
Chugwater, WY (1 hr.  12 min. ) Pop. 244