Things to do
Trout fishing, ice fishing, a lake-monster legend, a frontier fort and the Bighorns, all within a short drive.
More to explore
Lore
Smetty the lake monster
Wyoming’s own Nessie and where the story comes from.
Dive
Scuba at Monument Point
A sunken boat, dive platforms and red scoria underwater.
8 miles
Buffalo and the Occidental
Main Street, the 1908 saloon and the Gatchell museum.
Drive
Cloud Peak Skyway
US 16 west into the Bighorns, and snowmobile country in winter.
Calendar
Events
Ice derby, rodeo week, Longmire Days.
Geology
The coal-fire geology
Why the shoreline is red, and why the lake leaks.
The Lake Letter
The lake, four times a year
Ice-on and ice-off notes, what Game and Fish is saying about the fishery, events worth the drive and new places to stay. One email a season.