Buffalo, Wyoming – Out and About

Historic Downtown Buffalo

Buffalo is a small charming town with a lovely historic downtown area. We fell a bit in love with Buffalo and really enjoyed our time there. I guess you could say we left our hearts in Buffalo.

Buffalo sits in the foothills of the Bighorn Mountains and is full of beautiful scenery and wonderful recreational activities. It is located near the intersection of I-25 and I-90 and has a population of almost 5,000 people. That makes the town just about perfect.

I’m in!!

Great wall murals

Crazy Woman Square

Clear Creek Trail map – photobombed

Clear Creek runs through town

Wool mill – tours and a shop

City tennis courts

Free swimming pool – over 1,000,000 gallons of water

Yep, that’s me.

Wall murals

Historic Downtown Buffalo

Downtown Buffalo is full of character with the most famous landmark being The Occidental Hotel which is from the 1880’s complete with bullet holes and lots of history. You can stroll through the lobby and see lots of photographs of Buffalo in the olden days.

Historic Downtown Buffalo

The Busy Bee from our favorite…Longmire

The Occidental Hotel lobby

The Occidental Hotel reception

The Occidental Hotel Saloon

Saloon is Open

City Hall in Buffalo Wyoming

D. Michael Thomas statue in front of the Jim Gatchell Museum titled “Nate Champion’s Last Run”

Downtown in historic Buffalo

D. Michael Thomas sculpture of the Johnson County Cattle War

D. Michael Thomas sculpture titled “Riding’ For the Brand”

Longmire

The long running TV Series titled “Longmire” was based on the novels by Craig Johnson who based his character’s location on Buffalo and Johnson County but calls them Durant and Absaroka County in the TV show and books. Mr. Johnson owns the Campaign Headquarters store in town which sells Longmire souvenirs along with other western gear. His wife and him and their 2 dogs are lovely people and worth a stop in the store for a chat. We love the “Longmire” series.

From Longmire – Durant

From Longmire – Absaroka County

Sheriff Longmire

Longmire Campaign Headquarters

Bud Love Habitat Management Area

This area is near the Bighorn National Forest and is designed to be a winter range for big game species such as elk and mule deer. Elk migrate from the Bighorn Mountains in the winter and head down the slopes looking for food. This area provides snow free slopes and plenty of forage for almost 500 elk. The area is also used for hunting and fishing and wildlife viewing.

At the entrance to Bud Love

Heading into the wildlife area

Area is fenced off

View from the habitat area

More views

They had to come greet us

Then they would not leave

Bighorn Mountains

Heading out

More gorgeous views

Crazy Woman Canyon Rd

This road is a scenic loop just outside of Buffalo. It is a single lane dirt/gravel rough road which takes you down into a canyon along the river with beautiful rock scenery. There is a waterfall along the way and a number of beautiful dispersed camping sites.

We headed west on Highway 16 from Buffalo towards the turnoff to Crazy Woman Canyon Rd which was about 25 miles from Buffalo.