Thermopolis

Thermopolis is a town in Northwest Wyoming, USA, notable for the presence of one of the world's largest hot springs. There were 2,700 people living there in 2020.

By car
Thermopolis straddles a north-south highway with two designations: US Route 20 and Wyoming State Route 789. Wyoming State Route 120 from Cody terminates in Thermopolis.

By plane
Cody is the nearest city with commercial air service. The next closest is Casper.

Get around
It's a small town that can be covered on foot, but if you want to travel in style, use horse and buggy. Wyoming Carriage and Taxi, +1 866 646-2723, runs sightseeing horse-drawn carriage rides in town during the summer months.

Do

 * Soak in the waters from the hot springs. There are several commercial operations that use the waters with varying degrees of gimmickry, but in addition, the town maintains a bathhouse that is free (under the terms of the treaty whereby a local Indian tribe ceded access to the spring in the 19th century) and open to the public during daylight hours.

Go next

 * Boysen Reservoir, 20 miles south
 * Wind River Canyon, Scenic Byway between Thermopolis and Shoshoni