5 Best Sights in Jackson Hole and Northwest Wyoming, Wyoming

National Museum of Military Vehicless

Fodor's choice
The world's largest private collection of military vehicles is housed in this 140,000-square-foot museum, which opened in August 2020 with more than 400 vehicles from 1897 to the present, including every vehicle type used in WWII (including tanks). Along with the vehicles, the museum also houses more than 200 historically significant firearms, including the musket that fired the "shot heard around the world" during the battle at Bunker Hill.

Brooks Lake Recreation Area

About 20 miles west of Dubois, easy to moderate hiking trails lead around Brooks Lake, across alpine meadows, and through pine forest to high mountain points with expansive views of Brooks Lake Mountain and the Pinnacles. You can picnic or (in summer) hard-side camp here, and boat, fish, or swim on the lake.

Dubois, Wyoming, 82513, USA
307-527--6241
fs.usda.gov
Sights Details
Rate Includes: Free; camping $10 per night

Dubois Rodeo

Every summer Friday night at 8, cowboys at the Dubois Rodeo kick up a ruckus in the downtown Clarence Allison Memorial Arena, one of the West's best rodeos.

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National Bighorn Sheep Center

The local variety is known as the Rocky Mountain bighorn, but you can learn about all kinds of bighorn sheep at this nonprofit conservation center and wildlife museum about an hour east of Grand Teton National Park. Expect dioramas with full-scale taxidermy mounts that recreate bighorn habitat, as well as interactive exhibits about wildlife management and special adaptations of wild sheep. Reserve ahead for winter wildlife-viewing tours ($100) to Whiskey Mountain.

Family
10 Bighorn La., Dubois, Wyoming, 82513, USA
307-455–3429
www.bighorn.org
Sights Details
Rate Includes: $6, Closed Apr. and May and Sun. and Mon. in late Dec.–Mar., Late May–early Sept., daily 9–6; early Sept.–late May, Mon.–Sat. 10–4

Wind River Historical Center

Displays here focus on Wind River tie hacks (workers who cut ties for railroads), local geology, and the archaeology of the Mountain Shoshone. Outbuildings include the town's first schoolhouse, a saddle shop, a homestead house, and a bunkhouse. The center periodically offers tours in summer to see the nearby petroglyphs. Call at least a week ahead to set up a trip.

Free Family
909 W. Ramshorn St., Dubois, Wyoming, 82513, USA
307-856--0706
fremontcountymuseums.com
Sights Details
Rate Includes: Free; petroglyph tours from $50, Closed Sun., June–mid-Sept., Mon.–Sat. 9–6; mid-Sept.–May, Mon.–Sat. 10–4