Terry Bison Ranch Resort

Twenty minutes by car (not horseback, alas) is the old city and Wyoming state capital of Cheyenne, where sights to see include the Old West Museum, the 50+ buildings of the National Register of Historical Places including the Union Pacific train depot, and the 37-mile greenway connecting the city's parks and neighbourhoods; take a walking tour to see more. About an hour away, the Wyoming Territorial Prison Historic Site, also on the National Register of Historic Places, dates back to 1872 and these days comes with a prison museum, a frontier town with living history characters, and special events throughout the year. The million or so acres of the Medicine Bow National Forest lie to Laramie County's northwest extending over Wyoming and Colorado. Among the many outdoor options here are rock climbing at Vedauwoo, wildlife watching, and hiking around Snowy Range and other forest mountains,