Carbon County is a large county in the south central region of Wyoming. The county contains only about 18,000 people and consumes nearly 8,000 square miles of the state. The rich, resourceful land yields a variety of wealth, including wool, beef, timber, trona, jade, clays, oil, gas, and the high-BTU coal from which the county was named. The towns within the county include
Saratoga,
Rawlins,
Encampment,
Riverside, and
Sinclair. The county also contains many attractions, like
Seminoe State Park, the
Medicine Bow National Forest, the Sierra Madre, and the
North Platte River. The
Red Desert also lies within the county. The highest elevations in the state are in the
Medicine Bow Mountains and
Snowy Range Scenic Byway. The best cattle raising areas in Wyoming are in the
North Platte River region of central Carbon County.
