State capital Cheyenne is the only town of real note in the lower two-thirds of Wyoming. Set in the heart of rich prairie - a surprise after the scrubland, mountain and desert of most of the region - it has closer economic ties with Omaha or Denver than with the rest of Wyoming, a point the more northerly oil city of Casper stressed in its unsuccessful bids to become the seat of government. West of Cheyenne, smaller Laramie possesses an agreeable frontier feel, while the spectacular wilderness of the Wind River Range , accessible from Pinedale and Lander , accounts for most of the west central portion of the state.

South and central Wyoming

• South and central Wyoming

Explore South and central Wyoming

• Casper
• Cheyenne
• Laramie
• Medicine Bow Mountains
• Southwest Wyoming
• Wind River range

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