Seminoe State Park Offers Excellent Fishing, Boating, Hiking and Wildlife
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PARK FEES & PERMITS WYOPARKS.STATE.WY.USWYOPARKS.STATE.WY.US The daily use fee is $6 per Wyoming resident vehicle, or $9 per non-resident vehicle, and is required to enter and use park areas and facilities. An annual daily use permit is available. The camping fee is $15 per Wyoming resident vehicle or $25 per non-resident vehicle (includes daily use fee). An annual camping THINGS TO DO AND SEE LOCATION permit is also available for Wyoming residents. The park and surrounding area offers Nestled up against the base of the Seminoe PARK RULES Wyoming wildlife and recreation at its finest. Mountains at the North end of Seminoe Camping, boating, swimming, fishing, hiking, Reservoir lays one of Wyoming’s true A complete list of park laws and regulations is and ATV touring are all available within the treasures, Seminoe State Park. Located 35 available at kiosks and park headquarters. immediate area. The sights and sounds of miles north from Sinclair, Wyoming on • Keep vehicles on graveled areas. Don’t park wildlife are best in and near Seminoe State Carbon County road 351, Seminoe State on the grass. • No glass bottles, fireworks, or firewood with Park. Patient visitors can be rewarded with a Park is known for its wide open water, local nails in the park. variety of creatures: big horn sheep, elk, mule attractions and friendly atmosphere. • Keep your park clean. Put trash in its place, Seminoe State Park offers deer, antelope, coyote, mountain lion, bobcat, NOT in the fire rings or toilets. excellent fishing, boating, hiking fox, martin, raccoon, skunk, jack rabbit and HISTORY • Quiet hours are 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. and wildlife-viewing opportunities. cottontail rabbit. Bird watchers may glimpse Generators off. eagles or other birds of prey plus many types • Keep pets under control, and clean up after of waterfowl and migratory birds. Bring your them. binoculars, sit back or go for a hike and enjoy! • Obey signs, traffic barriers and speed limits. • No discharging of firearms in park. FISHING • Camping is permitted for a maximum of 14 days in a 30 day period. Seminoe Reservoir offers some • Put fires out with water not dirt. great fishing for both trout and • Fishing and boating are permitted subject to walleye. Both species inhabit The Seminoe Mountains surrounding the regulations of the Wyoming Game and the entire reservoir, though Seminoe State Park were once the site for fish Commission. there are areas of greater gold prospecting during the late 1800s. The • Park dumpsters are for park refuse only. Do concentration for each. State name “Seminoe” is commonly assumed not put fish and animal parts in dumpsters. record walleye have been to come from the Seminole tribe, but is an pulled from Seminoe in years Americanized spelling of the French name past. Good river fishing can be Cimineau. Basil Cimineau Lajeunesse was found a short drive from the a French trapper in the area in the 1800s. park along the North Platte Seminoe State Park, located on the northwest River from I-80 at Fort Fred side of the reservoir, was established in 1965 Steele State Historic Site all the through an agreement between the U.S. way to the Gray Reef Area below Alcova Dam. Bureau of Reclamation and the Wyoming Seminoe State Park is administered by the Division In between lies the famous “Miracle Mile,” Recreation Commission (predecessor to of State Parks, Historic Sites and Trails; Wyoming Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources. well-known for its blue ribbon fly fishing. Wyoming State Parks and Historic Sites). 4/17 DETAIL Fair weather road to Kortes, ADA Miracle Mile, Pathfinder, Alcova, Casper SEMINOE Boat ramp NORTH North Red Hills Area PLATTE Camping RIVER Dam STATE PARK Drinking Water Group Picnic Shelter South Red Hills Area PHONE NUMBERS Park Headquarters EMERGENCY ..................................................... 911 Picnic Area Park Headquarters ........................... (307) 320-3013 or (307) 370-0573 Miller Cove Playground MILEAGE Restrooms Saylor Creek From Sinclair to: Sand Mtn. Day use area ........ 27 miles Trailer Sanitary Station Sunshine Beach Sunshine Beach .................... 33 miles South Red Hills area .............. 34 miles Viewing area North Red Hills Area .............. 34 miles Coal Creek Bay Visitor Information Casper, WY ......................... 110 miles Park boundary Sand Draw From Seminoe Dam to: Poor road. No facilities. Miracle Mile .................... 8 miles north Gravel road Seminoe Alcova Dam .................. 40 miles north Casper, WY .................. 72 miles north Paved road Seminoe State Park ....... 3 miles south Sinclair, WY ................. 38 miles south Reservoir Sand Mountain Day use area. MEDICINE BOW RIVER ARM To Sinclair Boat Club (private) ← (307) 320-3043 and I-80 TTE NORTH PLAARM RIVER .