Annual Festivals: Green River Rendezvous Days & Pageant, Fremont Lake Sailing Regatta, Pinedale Blues Fest, Green River Rondy Sled Dog Race
Museum of the Mountain Man Photo by Fred Pflughoft
Pinedale is the smallest county seat in the state of Wyoming with an estimated current population of 1,658. In addition to being the local seat of government, Pinedale is headquarters for ranchers, outfitters and recreation in the northern end of the county. It's a typical western cattle town, complete with log buildings and false-front frame structures in the downtown area. Many of the homes in and around Pinedale are also constructed with native pine logs. Pinedale is located in western Wyoming approximately 78 miles south of Jackson Hole and 100 miles north of Rock Springs along Highway 191.
Ron Glas fishing the Upper Green River Photo by Fred Pflughoft
The town is nestled on the western flank of the Wind River Mountain Range. Twelve-mile-long Fremont Lake, just three miles from town, provides the town’s water and recreation opportunities including sailing regattas to ice fishing derbies with towering peaks in the background. The Museum of the Mountain Man on the hill above town offers a fascinating look into the lives of Sublette County’s early explorers. Average summer temperatues range in the 70s and 80s with winter hovering around 15 degrees.
Most of the major Indian-military battles in Wyoming occurred during the 1860s in the Powder River Basin as Northern Plains tribes rebuffed efforts to establish forts in their territory. In August of 1865 troops led by General Patrick Connor attacked a camp of Arapahos at a site that is now a town park in Ranchester. read more
You can play in one of nature's largest sandboxes in the country just a few miles north of Rock Springs at the Killpecker Sand Dunes. The dunes seem out of place in southwest Wyoming. It's the kind of environment you'd expect to find in the deserts of Africa or the Mid-East. There's an off-road vehicle "play area" for desert toys and lots of space to walk around in the sand. read more
