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🏞️ Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area

National Park📍 Wyomingauto-imported (OSM)
Cost of access
Unknown — check official site
⛺ Camping🥾 Hiking📷 Nature Photography
Amenities: Not documented — check the official site.
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Fees and rules change — always confirm with the managing agency. Public land ≠ unlimited harvest: state licenses apply for hunting/fishing, and foraging rules vary by unit.

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The closest public places to Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, straight-line distance.

10 mi away · State / Public Land
🗺️ Bighorn Tack-On Wilderness Study Area
Unknown — check official site
12 mi away · State / Public Land
🗺️ Pryor Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Unknown — check official site
14 mi away · State / Public Land
🗺️ Burnt Timber Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Unknown — check official site
16 mi away · Private Land — Open Access
🤝 Hunter Management Area — Yellowtail
Free — requires WGFD HMA permission slip (apply online) + WY license
43 mi away · Private Land — Open Access
🤝 Walk-In Hunting Areas — Big Horn County
Free — walk-in hunting (WY license required; some areas archery-only)
45 mi away · State / Public Land
🗺️ Trapper Creek Wilderness Study Area
Unknown — check official site
46 mi away · Private Land — Open Access
🤝 Block Management Area — Black Butte
Free — MT hunting license + free BMA permission (Type 1: sign-in box; Type 2: contact landowner/FWP first)
46 mi away · State / Public Land
🗺️ McCullough Peaks Wilderness Study Area
Unknown — check official site

📋 Standard rules — National Parks

The publicly posted baseline for this land type. Individual units add their own rules — the official page always controls.

  • Entrance fee or America the Beautiful pass ($80/yr) at fee parks; some require timed-entry reservations in peak season
  • Pets: paved areas and campgrounds only, 6-ft leash — almost never on trails
  • No collecting: plants, mushrooms, antlers, rocks, and artifacts are protected (limited berry-picking allowed in some parks)
  • No hunting; firearms per state law but never discharged; no drones without a permit
  • Camp only in designated sites/zones with a permit where required; food storage rules enforced in bear country