The Laramie Plains is an arid highland at an elevation of approx. 8,000 feet (2,400 m) in south central Wyoming in the United States. The plains extend along the upper basin of the Laramie River on the east side of the Medicine Bow Range. The …

The U.S. state of Wyoming lies in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States and has a varied geography. It is bordered by Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the southwest, and Colorado to the south.

People lived on the wide open plains of what’s now Wyoming at least 12,000 years ago. Signs of these long-ago inhabitants include an ancient 245-foot stone shrine that was built near Lovell,...

The High Plains are located in eastern Montana, southeastern Wyoming, southwestern South Dakota, western Nebraska, eastern Colorado, western Kansas, eastern New Mexico, the Oklahoma Panhandle, and the Texas Panhandle. [5]

Wyoming Plains: A list of all the Plains in Wyoming with maps, driving directions and a local area search function.

Great Plains. Wyoming's Great Plains region occupies the easternmost one-third of the state, gradually increasing in elevation from the state's eastern border to the many mountain ranges that mark the region's western margin. This area is made up of short-grass prairie and with cottonwoods and shrubs growing along the rivers in the area.

Wyoming's topography is characterized by a dramatic and varied landscape that includes vast mountain ranges, expansive plateaus, and intermontane basins. The state is predominantly mountainous, with the Rocky Mountains covering a significant portion of its western region.

The Northwestern Great Plains ecoregions spreads over 12 million acres in northeastern Wyoming. This ecoregion is comprised mostly of rolling plains in a semi-arid environment, which produces mostly grassland plant communities with some …

Wyoming's outstanding features are its majestic mountains and high plains. Its mean elevation is about 6,700 feet above sea level and even when the mountains are excluded, the average elevation over the southern part of the State is well over 6,000 feet, while much of the northern portion is some 2,500 feet lower.

The Great Plains meet the Rocky Mountains in Wyoming. The state is a great plateau broken by a number of important mountain ranges. In the northwest are the Absaroka, the Owl Creek, Wyoming, Gros Ventre, Wind River and the Teton ranges.