City Guide

Fun filled days, exciting nights...it's all here!

Fill your days with adventure on the Green River or Flaming Gorge, scenic wildlife viewing, picturesque golfing  or engulf yourself in the rich history, museums and cultural exhibits. When the sun goes down things get even hotter-spend your night at one of many exciting events, enjoy an unforgettable sunset or just sit back at one of our many fine dining establishments.   

Children's Discovery Station
501 S. Main Street (the Train Depot)
Rock Springs, WY  
(307) 362-8306
Free Admission
Open by appointment.

The Children's Discovery Foundation promotes learning through hands-on or interactive activities in their exhibits at the Discovery Station.  These activities reinforce concepts learned through reading and promote a desire to learn by reading about the ideas introduced interactively.   

Community Fine Arts Center
400 C Street
Rock Springs, WY
(307) 362-6212
Free Admission
Hours:
Monday thru Thursday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Alternating Friday and Saturday 10. a.m. to 5 p.m.

New hours after September 5:
Monday thru Thursday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The Community Fine Arts Center in Rock Springs is an art lover’s jewel in southwest Wyoming’s high desert country -- a cultural oasis offering a permanent collection and changing displays of fine art as well as a year round schedule of performing arts programs.

The Halseth Gallery in the Center houses a permanent collection of over 400 original American paintings, prints, works on paper, and photographs owned by the Rock Springs High School. Much of the collection, once called “one of the best collections of contemporary art in the Rockies" (Time, Nov. 24, 1952), is permanently on display at the newly remodeled center and art gallery. Paintings by Norman Rockwell, Grandma Moses, Loren McGiver, Elliott Orr, Edward Chavez, Paul Horiuchi, Ilya Bolotowsky, Raphael Soyer, and Rufino Tamayo compose some of the permanent collection along with paintings by well known Wyoming, Western, and local artists. The collection continues to grow through purchases and donations.

Green River Recreation Center
1775 Hitchingpost Drive
Green River, WY
(307) 872-0511

$4.25 for adults
$2.25 for children (8-18)
Children 7 and under are free with an adult
Hours vary by season, please check their website for complete details

The Green River Recreation Center is a multi-purpose, physical, and social activity center for Green River and area residents. It is the goal of the center to provide you and your family with a healthy, happy environment where all can share in fun, fitness and fellowship!  The Green River Recreation Center features and Olympic-size, L-shape swimming pool, weight room, gym, nursery, multi-purpose room and outdoor recreation deck.

Rock Springs Civic Center
410 N. Street – Rock Springs
(307) 352-1420

The Rock Springs Civic Center is locater near historic downtown Rock Springs. The amenities offered include a large gym, pool, weight rooms, racquetball courts, and rock climbing wall. 

Daily Fees:
Ages 7 to 18 - $2.25
Students (full time) - $2.25
Adults - $4.25
Senior Citizens (62+) - $1.50

Rock Climbing Wall Fees: (in addition to Civic Center daily fees. The Rock Climbing Wall is located in the Civic Center)
Youth - $4, Adult - $6, Senior - $2

Rental Fees:
Harness - $1, Shoes - $1, Helmet - $.50

Rock Springs Family Recreation Center
3900 Sweetwater Drive – Rock Springs
(307) 352-1440

Daily Fees:
Ages 7 to 18 - $2.25
Students (full time) - $2.25
Adults - $4.25
Senior Citizens (62+) - $1.50

The Rock Springs Family Recreation Center offers some of the best facilities and fitness classes in the state. The “Rec” features weight rooms, squash and racquetball courts, a large gym, indoor walk/run track, ice arena, and lap and kiddie pool. Regular classes include: Step, Yoga, Body Flex, and Spin City Cycling. There’s also an activity room, which is perfect for special events. Additionally, the Little Tykes playroom, near the pool, is just for kids. 

Rock Springs Historical Museum
201 B Street
Rock Springs, WY  
(307) 362-3138
Free Admission
Winter hours:
    Wednesday - Saturday, 10am to 5pm

Explore our melting pot history.  Located in the 1894-95 City Hall, our most imposing exhibit, the building itself, houses a variety of long term and temporary exhibits.  Restored in 1991, the building offers a sense of 1890's Rock Springs' pride at its growth and survival along the major East-West corridor.  Our history covers cowboys, outlaws, railroading, ethnic diversity, labor issues and, underneath it all, coal.  Coal brought the Union Pacific Railroad, which, in turn, imported a great variety of workers.    

Rolling Green Country Club
West of Green River
Green River, Wyoming 82935
(307) 875-6200

Built in 1962, this 9 hole, private course features many challenges. Golfers will face fairways that feature Bermuda turf and putting greens that feature Bermuda. Other amenities at the golf course include a driving range, food and beverages are served at this course. This course accepts no credit cards and tee times are taken 7 days in advance.

Sweetwater County Historical Museum
3 East Flaming Gorge Way
Green River, WY 
(307) 872-6435
Free Admission
Open Monday-Saturday, 10am to 6pm
(Closed holidays)

Discover the rich cultural heritage of southwestern Wyoming at the Sweetwater County Historical Museum. Established in 1967 to preserve and present the history of Sweetwater County, the museum recently moved into a renovated 1931 post office building. The building is on the National Register of Historic Places. The museum contains long and short-term exhibits, a large historical photograph collection and local history materials.

The museum collects items representing the history of Sweetwater County from 1820 to the present. Native American and fur trade history, mining, transportation, communication, civic and economic development and ethnic diversity are major themes for both collection and exhibit. A distinctive group of artifacts is a series of Sioux ledger art pieces dating from around the turn of the century. Other unique items include a number of Chinese objects from the community of Chinese miners in Rock Springs, and a large collection of coal mining artifacts from the Union Pacific Coal Company. An important recent acquisition is a Sharps buffalo rifle owned by W.A. Johnson, a Green River pioneer and Sweetwater County Sheriff. Many of these pieces are on display in the museum gallery. 

The museum’s collection of research materials and photographs are particularly strong in the areas of local history, coal mining and ethnic groups. A highlight of the photo collection is a selection of views showing the now-deserted mining towns of Dines, Winton, E-Plane, Gunn and others in their heyday.

The museum administers a unique historic property, the Reliance Tipple, which is one of the few industrial sites preserved in Wyoming. Historically used to sort and load coal, the tipple was restored and fenced for protection in the late 1980s. A walking path and interpretive signs are installed around the perimeter to present the story of the tipple and coal mining. The site is located about five miles north of Rock Springs off Highway 191 North. 

The Museum Store carries an extensive line of historical books and gift items. All profits from the store benefit the museum and the Sweetwater County Historical Society.

Sweetwater Events Complex
3320 Yellowstone Road
Rock Springs, WY  
(307) 352-6789 or (307) 872-6348, ext. 200
Hours and admission vary depending on event

The Sweetwater Events Complex features some of the most outstanding facilities & events in Wyoming. Additionally, the excellent location and qualified staff members ensure that events occurring at the Complex are top notch!  You might enjoy stock car racing, a PRCA sanctioned rodeo, chariot racing, BMX racing (both indoors and out!), trade show, concert,

Western Wyoming Community College Art Gallery & Dinosaur Exhibit
2500 College Drive
Rock Springs, WY
(307) 382-1600
Free Admission
Open Monday - Thursday, 9am to 10pm
          Friday, 9am to 6pm

The Western Wyoming Community College Art Gallery offers five to seven exhibits each year in a wide range of techniques, materials, and aesthetic viewpoints of regional and national artists with diverse cultural backgrounds. It showcases students’ works in December and during the summer.  The gallery is located adjacent to the information desk on the WWCC campus.  

They also feature some native dinosaur specimens throughout the Rock Springs campus. The free-standing dinosaurs are fiberglass casts of the original fossils which are housed in major national museums. Most of the wall mounted displays are actual floral and fish fossils that date from about 45 million years ago.  The largest easily accessible collection of full-size dinosaurs along I-80 from Chicago to San Francisco. The museum features many other fossil prehistoric specimens, historical artifacts, a Foucault pendulum, an exhibit room with visiting exhibits involving other cultures, and numerous items of interest and importance. Tours available.  The exhibit are located throughout the campus.  

Weidner Wildlife Exhibit
Western Wyoming Community College Campus
2500 College Drive
Rock Springs, Wyoming 82901
(307) 382-1600
Free Admission
Open Monday and Wednesday, 10 am to 1 pm
          Thursdays, 1 pm to 4 pm

A new museum, opened in Sept. 2002, showcasing a collection of more than 100 wildlife mounts and artifacts obtained throughout the world. Some of the items of interest include an elephant, hippopotamus, zebra, lion, several bears, alligator and more.  Donated by Roger and Jeanne Weidner of Rock Springs.

White Mountain Golf Course
1501 Clubhouse Dr
Rock Springs, Wyoming 82901
(307) 352-1415

Built in 1979 and designed by Lynn Radike, this varied terrain,18 hole, public course features many trees. Golfers will face narrow fairways that feature Bermuda turf and putting greens that feature Bermuda. Other amenities at the golf course include a driving range, putting green, chipping area, practice bunker, and food and beverages are served at this course. This course accepts Mastercard, Visa, and tee times are taken 7 days in advance.

White Mountain Mall
2441 Foothill Blvd.
Rock Springs, WY
(307) 382-9680
Monday - Friday, 10am - 9pm
       Saturday, 10am - 7pm
       Sunday, 12pm - 6pm

White Mountain Mall is the largest shopping center in southwest Wyoming.  You can enjoy 40 stores from major retail chains to local merchants.  The mall also features a multi-plex theater and some great eateries.  Strategically located, the mall is just off I-80 at the Dewar Drive exit.