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Gillette, Wyoming
Population: 19,646
Located in Campbell County
Experience the Old West meeting the New West in Gillette, Wyoming located 60 miles west of Devil's Tower (the nation's first National Monument), 130 miles east of the Big Horn Mountains, 30 miles north of the Durham Buffalo Ranch (one of the largest working buffalo ranches in the U.S.), and 140 south of Montana border. Gillette is the hub of interesting sights and day - trips in Northeastern Wyoming, as well as, being the center of history and western tradition — Indian wars, 1800’s railroad construction, pioneering homesteaders, cattle and sheep ranching, and current day mineral extraction.
Gillette offers a full-range of lodging facilities and restaurants catering to a wide variety of needs, meetings, and conventions . You'll find art galleries, antique shops, and a variety of other stores to satisfy most shopping desires. Gillette has numerous parks and is rich in recreational opportunities, featuring activities for the bold and adventurous to the traditional and relaxing. Gillette’s Rockpile Museum offers a hands-on-view of artifacts from cowboys, Indians, soldiers and homesteaders, and is truly a journey into both the Old and the New West. Campbell County hosts three golf courses where the biggest hazards are the antelope that wander the courses. Also, visitors can cool off in any of the county’s five swimming pools including an Olympic size aquatics center, the 383 foot long Powder River Thunder Run Waterslide, or the summer City Park Pool featuring five small pools in one facility.
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