Overview
Medicine Bow is a town in Southeast Wyoming.
1 sights · 1 places to stay
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Best things about Medicine Bow
Medicine Bow Museum
Plan your trip
Best time to visit & weather
Most comfortable: Jun–Sep. Summer highs reach about 81°F; winter lows dip to about 10°F. Cold months (Jan, Feb, Dec) can bring snow and ice; check road conditions. Wettest: May and Jun. (climate data from nearby Laramie)
Blue bars: average daily high and low (°F). Purple columns: average monthly rain and melted snow (inches).
Getting there
- From you: to see whether to drive or fly, and how long it takes.
- LAR Laramie Regional Airport, Laramie — 49 mi away. Directions
- CPR Casper-Natrona County International Airport, Casper — 71 mi away. Directions
- DEN Denver International Airport, Denver — 162 mi away (major hub). Directions
Budget & where to stay
- Places to stay listed here: about $35–$35 a night (typical $68), from 2 listed prices.
- Estimated daily budget per person (room, two meals, local transport and an activity): budget ~$80, mid-range ~$140, comfortable ~$200.
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Food for you
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History
The settlement, which is named after the Medicine Bow River, had its first post office in 1869. It became notable at the turn of the century when, in the late 1890s, a dinosaur skeleton was discovered in the area.
The local Virginian Hotel, built in 1911, is on the National Register of Historic Places. The population peaked at the 1980 census, when it reached almost 1,000, before declining to 261 as of the 2018 estimate.
As a stop on the transcontinental railroad, it was featured in the famous novel Around the World in Eighty Days. Unfortunately, as a result of the decline in rail transport in the postwar period, there are no longer any passenger trains serving Wyoming, and the railway line through the town is used exclusively by freight trains.
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