Wyoming Highway 37
state highway in Big Horn County, Wyoming, United States
Wyoming Highway 37 (WYO 37), also known as Park Road, is a 9.00-mile (14.48 km) north–south state highway in northern Big Horn County, Wyoming, United States, that connect U.S. Route 14A (US 14A), east of Lovell, with the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area.
Route description
WYO 37 begins at an intersection with US 14A, east of Lovell. (US 14A heads east toward Burgess Junction and Ranchester and west toward Lovell and Cody.) From its southern terminus, WYO 37 proceeds northerly along Park Road to cross the Shoshone River before an approximately 2.3-mile (3.7 km) jog to the east.
WYO 37 then resumes a northerly course for roughly five point zero more miles (8.0 km) before reaching its northern terminus at the entrance to the southern area of the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, where state maintenance ends. (Park Road continues north through the National Recreation area to the Pryor Mountains Wild Horse Range and on into Montana to an area called Barry's Landing.
Major intersections
The entire route is in Big Horn County.
The public source identifies “Wyoming Highway 37” as state highway in Big Horn County, Wyoming, United States. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Wyoming, Highway and state.
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