Self-Guided Tours

The best way to learn about Gillette and Wright is from the locals. We’d love to show you around. Together, we’ll explore history, geology and the wilderness. Schedule a solo tour or a busload of people to see Wyoming like only a resident can show you.

Wildlife Loop Tours

Campbell County may be most famous for what’s beneath our surface, but above all of our minerals is a vibrant and diverse ecology with wildlife so abundant that pronghorns actually outnumber people here. Experience the raw landscapes and all of the creatures that call it home on one of our two self-guided driving Wildlife Loop Tours, produced by the experts at the Wyoming Game and Fish Department. Whether you select the three hour West Tour or the two hour East Tour, you’ll navigate through Rochelle Hills, sagebrush grasslands, ponderosa pines and juniper habitats to see wild turkeys, waterfowl, pheasants, whitetail deer, mule deer, hawks, eagles, owls, elk, and of course, pronghorn. With its distinctive white fur patches on the rump, sides, bellies and throats, the pronghorn is the fastest animal in North America and second fastest in the world, capable of reaching 65 miles per hour. Though the animal is not technically an antelope, its commonly referred to as such because of the characteristic horns.

Though you have a good chance of seeing pronghorn on nearly any drive through Campbell County any time of the year, the rest of our wildlife isn’t quite as easy to spot. The Wildlife Loop Tours peak April 1 through October 31, and animals tend to be most active in the early mornings and evenings. All roads along the tours are either blacktop or improved gravel so they are easily traveled by any vehicle, and many have designated pull off areas so you can get binoculars out for a closer look. While our residents will always be excited to see you, wildlife tends to be a little bit more bashful, so be patient as you take the tour. Neither loop needs to be completed in its entirety. To pick up maps for both tours and additional information, stop at the Gillette Visitors Center at 314 S. Gillette Ave.

Art Tours

Gillette specializes in channeling energy, and our Avenues of Art walking tour is our creative outlet. Sponsored by the City of Gillette and the Mayor’s Art Council, this tour will take you across town to experience more than 100 sculptures created by local and national artists. New pieces are routinely being added, and the entire collection is on sale to the public, so this gallery is constantly changing. To pick up your brochure that features a map and each piece in that year’s exhibit, visit the Gillette Visitors Center at 314 S. Gillette Ave, or go to https://www.gillettewy.gov/city-government/about/mac-home.

Downtown Tours

Downtown Gillette is where the saloon doors of the old West swing open for a dramatic entrance into small town Americana. Learn about the city’s chronicles of gunslinging cowboys while experiencing the charm of a quaint but up-and-coming downtown on either (or both) of two historic walking tours. You’ll see the spot outside the Montgomery Bar where legendary outlaw Ray Montgomery pulled then-mayor Mark Shields out into the street to beat him up and take over as mayor in 1914. Tour the former City Hall which held public meetings, dances, trials and funerals, sometimes all on the same day. Make sure to explore behind the building, where you’ll find a dent in the main iron door from a jealous husband’s bullet who warned a man away from his wife with a pistol. 

You’ll feel the boundaries between time blur as you experience historically relevant and riveting stories about old West lore in the freshly modern setting of boutiques, shops and restaurants in Gillette’s revived downtown, so it’s only fitting that the tours are available in one classic format and another that’s much more contemporary. Enjoy the nostalgia of simpler times with the

Campbell County Historical Society’s free walking tour using a printed guidebook, which is available at the Gillette Visitor Center, located at 314 S. Gillette Ave. For a more immersive, technological experience, download the free TravelStorys app, a location-aware audio tour that will automatically begin playing when your phone is in front of any of the ten stops along the tour. Download the app and learn more at https://travelstorys.com/tours/wy-tour-gillette, and click on WY Tour Gillette.

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