Buford, Wyoming · Albany County · Facility
A very popular trail within the Vedauwoo Day Use Area. The easy trail winds around Turtle Rock, an icon Sherman Granite outcropping. Hikers will enjoy a 2.8 mile loop winding around the boulders, slabs and cliffs of the Vedauwoo rock formation as well as beaver ponds. Moose, beavers, and many birds are known to freqeun…
A very popular trail within the Vedauwoo Day Use Area. The easy trail winds around Turtle Rock, an icon Sherman Granite outcropping. Hikers will enjoy a 2.8 mile loop winding around the boulders, slabs and cliffs of the Vedauwoo rock formation as well as beaver ponds. Moose, beavers, and many birds are known to freqeunt the trail. The vegetation is a variety of Limber pine, Engleman spruce, Douglas fir, and Aspen . Animals must be leashed on this trail.
From Laramie, WY, take Interstate 80 east 15.8 miles to Vedauwoo Road/ exit 329. Exit and go to stop sign; turn left onto Vedauwoo Rd. and go 1.2 miles. Turn left at sign and go 0.6, continue through the roundabout to the second right, then turn left.
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