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Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area - Facilities Open Hours may vary depending on staffing Crooked Creek Contact Station Open Hours may vary depending on staffing Location On Highway 37, just past the south entrance into the park. Exhibits Display on four historic ranches found in the Recreation Area. Map of the park. Available Facilities Restrooms available from sunup to sunset. Ranger Station is handicapped accessible. VISITOR CENTERS Bighorn Canyon Visitor Center Open Open All Year Open From Memorial Day to Labor Day 8:00AM-6:00PM Open From Labor Day to Memorial Day 8:30AM-4:30pm Phone 307-548-2251 Location Located 11 miles south and west of the south entrance to Bighorn Canyon in the town of Lovell, Wyoming at the junction of Highways 14A and 310. Closures Open all year except for Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day & New Years Day. Special Programs Choice of a 20 minute film on Bighorn Canyon and two videos, one on the Pryor Mountain Wild Horses and one on the Medicine Wheel are shown upon request. Exhibits Relief map of Bighorn Canyon and the surrounding areas. Some geological, historical and photo exhibits on the natural and cultural history of the area. Available Facilities Books and other items available for sale through the Western National Parks Association. Yellowtail Dam Visitor Center Open Open From Memorial Day to Labor Day 9:00AM - 5:00PM Phone 406-666-3218 Location Fort Smith, Montana. Continue through the town of Fort Smith and past the government housing. Follow the road up the hill to the parking lot for the Visitor Center Closures Closed after Labor Day Special Programs A variety of films are shown upon request. Exhibits Exhibits on -construction and workings of the Yellowtail Dam. -the unique geology of the area -details of the life of Robert Yellowtail, the Crow tribal leader when the dam was built and for whom the dam was named. -the Crow Indians and the famed leader Chief Plenty Coups -the history of Bighorn River and Bighorn Lake -examples of fish that one may expect to catch at Bighorn Canyon NRA. Available Facilities The visitor center and top of the dam are wheelchair accessable but the tour of the dam requires ascending two flights of stairs in the dam and one flight in the power house. Books and other items available for sale through the Western National Parks Association sales facility at the visitor center. Restroom facilities are available at the visitor center and two locations along the tour route. |
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