![]() | BighornNational Forest - Wyoming |
Bighorn National Forest is located in northern Wyoming. Created as a US Forest Reserve in 1897, it is one of the oldest government-protected forest lands in the U.S. The forest is well east of the continental divide and extends from the Montana border for a distance of 80 miles (130 km) along the spine of the Big Horn Mountains, an outlying mountain range separated from the rest of the Rocky Mountains by Bighorn Basin. Elevations range from 5,000 feet (1,500 m) along the sagebrush and grass-covered lowlands at the foot of the mountains, to 13,189 feet (4,020 m) on top of Cloud Peak, the highest point in the Big Horn Mountains. Around 99% of the land is above 1,500 metres (4,900 ft).[3] The forest is named after the Bighorn River, which is partially fed by streams found in the forest. Streams in the range are fed primarily by snowmelt and snowmelt mixed with driving rainfall.
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Map of Bighorn Off-Road Vehicle Trails (ORV) in Wyoming. Published by Wyoming State Parks, Historic Sites, & Trails (WYSP).

Map of Bighorn Snowmobile Trails in Wyoming. Published by Wyoming State Parks, Historic Sites, & Trails (WYSP).

Map of Surface Management Status / 1:100,000-Scale Topographic Map of Worland in Wyoming. Published by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).

Motor Vehicle Use Map (MVUM) of Bighorn National Forest (NF) in Wyoming. Published by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS).

Map of Seasonal and Year-Round BLM Public Land User Limitations in the BLM Worland Field Office area in Wyoming. Published by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).