Overview
Ten Sleep is a city in Wyoming.
1 sights · 3 things to do · 1 places to eat
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Best things about Ten Sleep
Ten Sleep Pioneer Museum
Exhibits focusing on pioneer life in the area.
Tube the Ten Sleep
You get yourself an inner tube, you go to Ten Sleep Park, you get in the Ten Sleep Creek, and ride that inner tube as long as you want. Most locals would say that if you hit the confluence with the Nowood River, it's tim…
No Woodstock
Ten Sleep's own music festival, held every summer. Check online for dates.
July 4th Rodeo
Every Independence Day, you can see the finest rodeo in Washakie County just west of town; the rodeo ground is near the RV Park.
Plan your trip
Best time to visit & weather
Most comfortable: May–Sep. Summer highs reach about 86°F; winter lows dip to about 16°F. Cold months (Jan, Feb, Dec) can bring snow and ice; check road conditions. Wettest: May and Jun. (climate data from nearby Gillette)
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.
- SHR Sheridan County Airport, Sheridan — 56 mi away. Directions
- RIW Central Wyoming Regional Airport, Riverton — 84 mi away. Directions
Unless you really know the local backroads well, you'll come in on US 16 and you'll leave that way too. From the west, US 16 passes through Worland, the nearest "big city." From the east, it comes from Buffalo (Wyoming) across the Bighorn Mountains and through the Ten Sleep Canyon.
Full “Get in” guide ↓Budget & where to stay
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Sample 1-day itinerary
Day 1
- Morning Ten Sleep Pioneer Museum, Tube the Ten Sleep
- Lunch Ten Sleep Saloon and Steakhouse
- Afternoon No Woodstock, July 4th Rodeo
Stops are grouped by area so each day needs little backtracking. Check opening hours before you go.
Food for you
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Understand
The name "Ten Sleep" comes from American Indians who marked this location as "ten sleeps" (or ten days' travel) between Fort Laramie and the government's Indian Agency on the Stillwater River in Montana.
Later, it was known as the location of the Spring Creek Raid, sometimes called the Battle of Ten Sleep, one of the last "Wild West" battles. (You can find a historical marker commemorating this south of town on WY 434.)
Today, Ten Sleep is a common stop for tourists on their way to the Bighorn Mountains, Yellowstone National Park, or (in the other direction) Sturgis. The surrounding lands also attract many hunters and fishers.
Get in
Unless you really know the local backroads well, you'll come in on US 16 and you'll leave that way too. From the west, US 16 passes through Worland, the nearest "big city." From the east, it comes from Buffalo (Wyoming) across the Bighorn Mountains and through the Ten Sleep Canyon.
The adventurous might enjoy the drive from Manderson through Hyattville into Ten Sleep on Wyoming Highways 31 and 49, where you can see a variety of farms and ranches squeezing a living out of the "badlands." Between Hyattville and Ten Sleep you will almost certainly have to stop at some point to wait for cattle to cross the road. (Be aware that, should you have any car trouble or anything, it could be an hour or two before you see another car - and that's in the daytime with good weather. Just in case, you might consider whether you're prepared to deal with all problems yourself!)
You could also try to find your way in from Moneta through Lost Cabin. If you are not familiar with the local roads, before trying this, you might want to download the area into your GPS system.
Get around
As long as you're staying in town, you can walk. Heck, there's hardly even room to drive.
See
- Ten Sleep Canyon. To the east of town on US 16, on the way to Buffalo (Wyoming), the canyon is a popular destination for rock climbers and bicyclists.
- Ten Sleep Mercantile
Do
Do Tube the Ten Sleep
You get yourself an inner tube, you go to Ten Sleep Park, you get in the Ten Sleep Creek, and ride that inner tube as long as you want. Most locals would say that if you hit the confluence with the Nowood River, it's time to get out and walk back to town.
Do July 4th Rodeo
Every Independence Day, you can see the finest rodeo in Washakie County just west of town; the rodeo ground is near the RV Park.
Buy
Shop Dirty Sally's
Jackalopes galore, rock candy, touristy knickknacks, t-shirts, and the best ice cream and the only malts for literally a hundred miles in any direction.
Eat
Eat Ten Sleep Saloon and Steakhouse
Basic American food.
Nearby
Worland
City / town · 12 listings · 25 mi away
Basin
City / town · 16 listings · 38 mi away
Buffalo
City / town · 5 listings · 43 mi away
Greybull
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Thermopolis
City / town · 9 listings · 47 mi away
Sheridan
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Shoshoni
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Lovell
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