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Bighorn Canyon National Recreation AreaThree Pryor Mountain horses in the snow
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Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
Operating Hours & Seasons

Yellowtail Dam Visitor Center, Fort Smith, Montana
Open: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. daily from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Check locally for weekend hours in May and September. Closed the rest of the year.

Cal S. Taggart Bighorn Canyon Visitor Center, Lovell, Wyoming
Open daily throughout the year.
Memorial Day through Labor Day
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Labor Day through Memorial Day
Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

The visitor center is closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years Day.

Crooked Creek Ranger Station, near Horseshoe Bend turnoff
Hours may vary depending on staffing

Afterbay Contact Station, Fort Smith, Montana
Hours may vary depending on staffing

Fishing the Bighorn River, photo by Doug Haacke  

Did You Know?
The 112 mile long Bighorn River below Yellowtail Dam is a complex fishery. The upper river supports mainly trout and whitefish, while the lower stretches hold goldeye, walleye, sauger, smallmouth bass, catfish and even pike.
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Last Updated: November 27, 2006 at 12:46 EST