Rock Springs Historical Museum
Explore the city’s coal-mining and diverse community history in the former city hall.
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Rock Springs
Mining stories · Community art · Dinosaur displays
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A place worth knowing
Make room for Rock Springs.
Explore the old city-hall museum, a community art collection and campus dinosaur displays. Rock Springs offers a useful town day before separately planned high-desert or reservoir excursions.
A few good ways to begin.
Choose a stop, then leave room for the unexpected.
Community Fine Arts Center
Check the public art collection and current exhibitions at this Sweetwater County Library System center.
Visitor details ↗Western Wyoming College dinosaur displays
Find the college’s dinosaur exhibits and confirm campus access and visiting arrangements.
Visitor details ↗Eat & drink
Use the linked visitor dining directory to choose a local stop around Rock Springs. Confirm menus, opening days and any reservation requirements with the business.
Explore local dining ↗Stay awhile.
Choose a base for your days around Rock Springs. Compare dates, location and the operator’s booking terms.
Sweetwater County hotels — choose Rock Springs ↗A little farther along.
Your next good stop.
Find a business. Put yours on the map.
Browse published places around Rock Springs. Business details are supplied by their owners.
Photo credits & visitor sources
Real Wyoming photographs, resized and converted to WebP. Displayed crops may vary; each image retains its listed license.
- Overview of Rock Springs, Wyoming, taken along the Pilot Butte Wild Horse Loop along a long, high, plateau that runs from north of Rock Springs westward to the city of Green River. One is sure to see the butte, but not always the wild horses, on the drive atop the plateau — Carol M. Highsmith / Library of Congress, Public domain. Resized and converted to WebP; website may crop for layout.
- Green River Wyoming from South Mountain.jpg — Milonica, CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and converted to WebP; website may crop for layout.
- Evanston, Wyoming - Downtown.JPG — Publichall, CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized and converted to WebP; website may crop for layout.
Visitor information: Rock Springs, Green River, Evanston. Check current access, hours, weather and booking terms. Photos may show nearby attractions rather than the town center.
County outlines: U.S. Census Bureau 2025 cartographic county boundaries. Town markers are approximate centers, not entrances or routes. WTDO regions are editorial discovery areas, not official tourism boundaries.