Hot Springs State Park — Attraction in Thermopolis

Sad, yes the place is nostalgic. However if you have any indepth knowledge you would see little by little place is falling apart. The grass in the parks, which used to be the best grass You'd ever find is now overrun with multiple types of weeds. There are many areas that the sprinklers don't even reach, other places where the sprinkler only sprays in one place, and now it's a swamp, the sprinklers are all broken by being run over by the guy on the mower that all he does is smash into stuff, spin the wheels down into the mud. And destroy property without any care or concern. The trees don't get trimmed. Limbs are hanging down with big thorns on them. The playground is overrun with thistles. The volleyball courts are been overrun with weeds and virtually don't even exist. We go there multiple times a week, Several times a day, and the only time you ever see any park staff is if they're driving a piece of equipment around what they're doing nobody knows, but you never see anyone with hand tools or on their knees or working or digging or doing anything to prolong the life of this beautiful place. In fact, I wonder, is there anyone that works on it Anymore? Oh wait, they are doing an upgrade to the boat dock for all the Fisher people that come here. And by the way, if you're coming here to fish, be prepared, it's not like it used to be, there's hundreds of people here now, with boats catching every fish you can imagine, it's not that great Anymore. It's a small community and the citizens won't speak out because they all have to get get along per se, but we see it. And those that are responsible for keeping it nice know they're not doing what they're...

Hot Springs State Park is a public recreation area in Thermopolis, Wyoming, known for its hot springs, which flow at a constant temperature of 135 °F (57.2 °C). The state park offers free bathing at the State Bath House, where temperatures are moderated to a therapeutic 104 °F (40.0 °C). The petroglyph site at Legend Rock, some 25 miles away, is also part of the park. The park is managed by the Wyoming Division of State Parks and Historic Sites. The land on which the state park sits was a cession agreement, and the ceded portion was purchased from the Eastern Shoshone by the federal government in 1896, when Indian Inspector James McLaughlin negotiated a purchase price of $60,000 for a 100-square-mile portion of the Shoshone reservation. A square-mile section of that land was released to the state in 1897 which became Wyoming's first state park, known as Big Horn Hot Springs State Reserve. The park features a managed herd of bison, a suspension foot bridge across the Big Horn River, picnic shelters, boat docks, flower gardens, and terraces made of naturally forming travertine (calcium carbonate) caused by a flowing mineral hot spring. The park area encompasses commercial hotels and several state-run and privately operated entities including the Gottsche Rehabilitation Center, Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital, the historic Callaghan Apartments/Plaza Hotel, the Star Plunge waterpark, the Tepee Pools waterpark, and the Wyoming Pioneer Home, a state-run,...

Good times! I've visited Thermopolis several times now and it is such a great place to chill and release the stress from the grind. I recommend a later spring or early summer visit if you are bothered by the wind and cold. It was surprisingly busy for this mid April visit. Definitely visit the Dinosaur museum, walk around the park and hit the hot spring pools. They have various shops around town that are worth perusing too. I like checking out the rock shops. They have some pretty cool fossils and historical items of interest.

I have stayed at and recommend the Safari Inn (Days Inn) and also recently the Quality Inn. I have heard good things about the Best Western plus. The Quality Inn had an indoor pool and hot tub (scored!! the outdoor ones at the Western and Safari were closed still). They also had a cantina that serves some local brews and some...