Annual events: Big Horn Mountain Festival - Bluegrass music festival over three days in early July
Wild Bunch Wyoming Luau - All you can eat pig roast in early June
Johnson County Fair and Rodeo - second week in August
Buffalo and Johnson County are tucked away between the rolling plains of the Old West and the towering peaks of the Big Horn Mountains. Whether it's beautiful scenery, wide open spaces, great outdoor recreation, or getting a sense of our history through two great museums, Buffalo and Johnson County are places you'll love to visit. You'll enjoy the Western hospitality of restaurants from family fare to fine dining, in addition to shops and art galleries, plus a selection of hotels, motels, campgrounds, guest ranches and mountain lodges.
Fred Pflughoft
There are 20 motels, 3 mountain ranches, 11 private campgrounds, 7 Forest Service Campgrounds and over 25 restaurants in Buffalo, Kaycee and Johnson County. The Big Horn Mountains provide a number of activities in the summer and winter. Enjoy the Cloud Peak Scenic Byway on your way to fishing, hiking and camping. Winter activities include snowshoeing, cross country skiing, downhill skiing and snowmobiling. You'll find a free public pool in the city park in the summer and a four-star golf course in the heart of town.
"That region is the country I have loved best in the world. Were there any part of my life I would live again, it would be the time spent there." Such were the words of Western novelist Owen Wister regarding Jackson Hole, in a 1929 letter to a prominent resident. read more
In 1863, John Bozeman and John Jacobs discovered the Bozeman Trail as a shortcut to the gold rush in Montana. Called “the last great overland emigrant trail in the American West.” read more
