Wind River Canyon Scenic Byway
Wind River Canyon Scenic Byway is a State Scenic Byway in Wyoming. Within Wyoming it covers roughly 30 miles. The map below shows its route. Use “Plan a drive” to open it in the Road Sorties route planner — already routing along Wind River Canyon Scenic Byway with scenic roads turned on, ready to add your own stops.
US-20 threads the Wind River Canyon south of Thermopolis, where the river has cut more than 2,000 feet into ancient rock on the Wind River Indian Reservation. Roadside signs mark the canyon's exposed geologic layers, reading back through hundreds of millions of years as you descend. At the canyon's mouth the river curiously changes its name from the Wind to the Bighorn at a spot called the Wedding of the Waters.
- Wind River Canyon
- exposed geologic time
- Wind River Reservation
- Wedding of the Waters
- US-20
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What is a State Scenic Byway?
State Scenic Byways are roads a state has formally recognized for their scenic, natural, historic or cultural value — each state's own curated collection of drives worth taking slowly.