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| The past is always present in Cody Country. This part of Wyoming represents the last of the true West. Cody is what America was, a place where the cowboy culture thrives and where the new west begins. The vistas are spectacular, the land is wild, the people are genuinely friendly and the opportunities for outdoor adventure, recreation, education and entertainment are as large and varied as the Wyoming skies.
Cody Country has a well developed hospitality industry with varied lodging opportunities, fine dining, world class museums and western activities. We are the only gateway community with two entrances to Yellowstone National Park and Cody is the hub for several loop tour drives that access five different Scenic Byways.
Cody is home to one of the country’s supreme cultural attractions—the five museum complex of the Buffalo Bill Historical Center.
It is third of a million square feet of exhibition space certainly makes it one of America’s largest museum complexes. The Whitney Gallery of Western Art presents an outstanding collection of masterworks of the American West, including original paintings, sculptures and prints from the early 19th century to the present.
The Cody Firearms Museum houses the world’s largest and most important assemblage of American arms, as well as European arms dating to the 16th century.
The Plains Indian Museum ranks as one of the nation’s finest Native American collections. The museum presents a varied tapestry of Plains Indian art and artifacts displayed in realistic settings.
The Buffalo Bill Museum contains a wealth of material related to the life of Buffalo Bill Cody.
The newest member of the museum group, The Draper Museum of Natural History is a state of the art natural history museum that explores human interaction with the natural world associated with the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem. Highly interactive, it’s a hit with youth and adults alike.
Buffalo Bill Dam Visitor Center
The Buffalo Bill Dam Visitor Center (BBDVC) is located 6 miles west of Cody on the way to Yellowstone National Park, at the Buffalo Bill Dam (just through the tunnels). Open annually approximately May 1 through September, the Visitor Center is operated by the BBDVC Board of Directors, a manager and assistant manager, and volunteers. The hours are 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. daily and admission is free.
Cody Murals Visitors Center
The magnificent Cody Mural covers a domed ceiling 36 feet in diameter and 18 feet to the top of the dome. Perfectly blended into the mural are selected historical scenes from the first seventy years of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Edward T. Grigware, the artist, termed the mural his "masterpiece".
In an adjoining part of the building are displays and art telling the story of the colonization of the Big Horn Basin in Wyoming. Families are welcome and free guided tours are provided daily.
Cody Trolley Tours
Cody Trolley Tours utilizes two live narrators, poster-sized historical photos, pass-around relics and entertaining audio clips to share the story of world-famous William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody while we spotlight historical sites, scenic vistas, geology, wildlife and old and new west attractions. Our 60-minute, 22-mile tour is performed while you ride in the cozy oak interior of our festive red & green trolley. A Cody Trolley tour is the best and fastest way to gain an overview of all that Cody, Wyoming has to offer.
Cody Nite Rodeo & the July 4th Cody Stampede
And Cody is rodeo! Billing itself as “Rodeo Capital of the World,” Cody provides a unique opportunity to capture the excitement of a real rodeo in a dramatic western setting. The Cody Nite Rodeo is the only seven-night-a-week rodeo in the country. From June through August, the Nite Rodeo features professional and on-their-way-up cowboys and cowgirls competing under the lights against a picturesque backdrop of the Shoshone Canyon and Heart Mountain. The Cody Stampede is one of the country’s premiere Fourth of July rodeo celebrations and has been playing host to the top cowboys and cowgirls for more than 80 years!
Cody Nite Rodeo - Nightly June 1 through August 31 - Nightly performance at 8:30 pm
Cody 4th of July Stampede Rodeo - July 1, 2, & 3 - performances at 8:00 pm, July 4th performance at 5:00 pm
Foundation for North American Wild Sheep
Headquartered in Cody, Wyoming, the Foundation for North American Wild Sheep has been the leading voice in wild sheep conservation for nearly 30 years. the FNAWS visitor features extensive wild sheep exhibit, hand on displays, and Animal Wheels for children.
Heart Mountain Relocation Center
Located between Cody and Powell, Wyoming on Highway 14/16/20 the Heart Mountain Relocation Center is one of 10 Relocation Center that housed Japanese Americans during World War II. The site features a memorial, and in 2005 will include a self-guided walking tour.
The Irma Hotel
Another authentic Cody landmark, smack dab in the middle of town, is the Irma Hotel. Built by Buffalo Bill as a luxury hotel epitomizing the essence of western hospitality, he named it for his youngest daughter and opened it with suitable fanfare in 1902. Highlighting the Irma's dining rooms is the huge carved French-made Victorian cherrywood backbar presented to Buffalo Bill by Queen Victoria in 1900 in appreciation for his command Wild West Show performance.
Old Trail Town
Old Trail Town is an eclectic collection of historic buildings representing and old Wyoming town created with frontier structures dating from 1879 to 1900. Included in the collection are the Hole in the Wall Cabin used by Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid and the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang; Curley's Cabin, the Crown Indian scout to General Custer in the Battle of the Little Big Horn; and the River Saloon which was frequented by cowboys, outlaws and gold miners. Bullet holes can still be seen in the door. Old Trail Town is located where Buffalo Bill and his associates surveyed the town site for Cody in 1895. The Trail Town Cemetery is the final resting place of Jeremiah "Liver Eat'n Johnson and other colorful hard-living characters of the Old West.
Open daily, 8 am - 8 pm, May through September.
Tecumseh's Old West Village
The Old West lives on at the Tecumseh's Old West Miniature Village and Museum located with Tecumseh's Trading Post. Thousands of miniature figures trace the history of Wyoming and Montana from the 1600s to the late 1890s at the indoor village located near the Cody Rodeo Grounds and Old Trail Town. The museum section of the complex includes thousands of Western and Indian artifacts. Including full size wildlife mounts, guns of the Frontier and fur trade artifacts.
Open daily 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. mid-May through mid-September. During the winter season, hours vary.
We invite you to spend several days, a week, a year in Cody Country....
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