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USA Wyoming - The Land

The Land

Cowboy State, Equality State, Big Sky, Wyoming was named from two Delaware Indian words mecheweamiing, which are translated 'at the big flats' (large plains).

Wyoming is located in the Northern Great Plains (Rocky Mountains) and is bordered by Montana on the north and northwest, South Dakota & Nebraska (east), Colorado & Utah (south), and Idaho & Utah (west).

At 97,818 square miles, Wyoming is the 9th largest state. The highest elevation is Gannett Peak in the Wind River Range at 13,804 ft. The lowest elevation is the Belle Fourche River in Crook County at 3,099 feet.

National Parks & Monuments include Grand Teton, Yellowstone, Devils Tower, Fossil Butte.

The highest temperature recorded was 114° while the lowest was -66°.