About this campground
The Whitehorse Creek Wilderness Study Area (WSA) encompasses 4,002 acres of BLM-administered land with no private or state inholdings. A major portion of the WSA is made up of eroding red, green, and gray buttes. The area is important raptor habitat. Opportunities for primitive and unconfined recreation include studying the unique badlands topography, nature and wildlife photography, and bird watching. This is a fee-free site.
Getting there
State Highway 28 east from Farson 38 miles. Turn southeast onto county road 10-446. In 10 miles 10-446 will become county road 4-74. Turn west onto the unnamed two track route, in two miles the unnamed two track route will become the boundary between Oregon Buttes and Whitehorse Creek WSAs.
Activities
- HIKING
- PHOTOGRAPHY
- WILDLIFE VIEWING
- WILDERNESS
Nearby federal campgrounds
- Oregon Buttes WSABureau of Land Management3 mi
- Pacific Creek Interp SiteBureau of Land Management5 mi
- Oregon ButtesBureau of Land Management6 mi
- South Pass OverlookBureau of Land Management6 mi
- Continental Divide Mountain BiBureau of Land Management7 mi
- False Parting of the WaysBureau of Land Management8 mi
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Whitehorse Creek WSA doesn't take campsite reservations — but plenty of nearby Wyoming campgrounds do, and we'll alert you the moment a sold-out site opens up.
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