Buffalo Bill Center of the West
Choose time for the center’s distinct museum collections, with admission and current exhibitions checked before you arrive.
Visitor details ↗Yellowstone & Tetons / Find your place
Cody
Western museums · Historic town · Reservoir country
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A place worth knowing
Make room for Cody.
Make room for a museum-rich town day, historic streets and a reservoir-side excursion. Cody’s East Entrance approach to Yellowstone is seasonal, so a park trip needs its own current-road check.
A few good ways to begin.
Choose a stop, then leave room for the unexpected.
Old Trail Town
Explore historic buildings and Western stories when the seasonal site is open; check dates rather than assuming a late-fall visit.
Visitor details ↗Buffalo Bill Dam Visitor Center
Plan a separate drive west of Cody for dam and reservoir interpretation, checking the visitor center’s operating season.
Visitor details ↗Eat & drink
Use the linked visitor dining directory to choose a local stop around Cody. Confirm menus, opening days and any reservation requirements with the business.
Explore local dining ↗Stay awhile.
Choose a base for your days around Cody. Compare dates, location and the operator’s booking terms.
Explore Cody places to stay ↗A little farther along.
Your next good stop.
Find a business. Put yours on the map.
Browse published places around Cody. 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.
- Street scene showing vintage cabins moved to this location at the Old Trail Town living-history museum in Cody, Wyoming — Carol M. Highsmith / Library of Congress, Public domain. Resized and converted to WebP; website may crop for layout.
- One of four large arches of elk-antler in the town square of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, a popular resort destination directly below Grand Teton National Park. Unlike hollow animal horns, antlers are solid and fall off naturally from animals, who grow new sets every year — Carol M. Highsmith / Library of Congress, Public domain. Resized and converted to WebP; website may crop for layout.
- Dubois, Wyoming.jpg — Micha de Vries from Middelburg, Nederland, CC BY 2.0. Resized and converted to WebP; website may crop for layout.
Visitor information: Jackson, Dubois, Cody. 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.