Annual Festivals: Cutter/Chariot Racing December through February, Afton Snowmobile Hill Climb Challenge in late February, Professional Rodeos July 4th weekend and at the Lincoln County Fair in late July and the first week of August.
Cutter Racing in Afton, Wyoming
This growing rural community is located along the banks of Swift Creek. An early resident, who was a native of Scotland, is credited with naming the town - having derived his inspiration from the creek. After observing the turbulent flowing waters, he is said to have remarked that the poet Burns could not have meant this tumbling stream when he wrote "Flow Gently, Sweet Afton." Visit the Intermittent Spring up Swift Creek Canyon, just 5 miles east of Afton to see the largest and one of only 3 in the world, cold water geyser or spring that starts and stops every 15 to 20 minutes.
Elkhorn Arch in Afton, Wyoming
The best time to see the spring intermitting is late summer or early fall. Afton is also home to the world’s largest Elk Antler Arch built in 1958 with over 3,000 elk antlers. Elk throw their antlers each year so the town still gathers antlers for upkeep of the arch. There are now two fighting elk statues that sit on top of the arch that covers the main street and highway right through town. Afton is home to the Lincoln County Fairgrounds, the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers Museum, and many shops that are great for gifts, western jewelry, and chocolate! Enjoy a round of golf on the new 18 hole golf course this summer.
Powwow is the steady thump of beaters on a hide-covered drum, a cadence of mixed voices singing in Arapaho, Shoshone, Crow, or Lakota, and the sweep and swirl of men and boys wearing brightly colored regalia, of young girls with fringed shawls, older women dressed in buckskin, even tiny tots in beaded moccasins and creamy white buckskin outfits. Begun as a ritual gathering of spiritual leaders and medicine men, powwow is now a social event. read more
Many waves of history have washed over Wyoming, leaving layers of the past for modern-day adventurers to discover and appreciate. read more
