North east Wyoming driving routes - antelope “watching”

[Go West Old Man]

We’re taking a vacation end of this month, and will be moving around sightseeing pretty much between Rapid City, Custer, Spearfish, etc. and west probably out to the I-90 WY/MT border area. The usual sightseeing tourist spots. Probably also get up to Little Bighorn Battlefield Monument. Glad to ramble off the interstate & on to state highways/roads to take a more scenic route. Any good state highways that can be promising for seeing antelope while traveling? This isn’t a scouting trip, but it’ll be probably useful in the future for kind of a “been through there once so I know where that is” as 2023 WY hunting may be a real possibility. Thanks.

 

[wyosteve]

If you’re doing the Custer battlefield, go to Belle Fourche and take 212 west. Leisurely drive through some nice country and you’ll hit I-90 right by the battlefield.

 

[William Sublette]

That will be during hunting season, all the hunters banging around in the units trying to get away from the roads will push a lot of antelope out to the main highways.

The pavement and fences make somewhat if a natural obstruction whicj concentrates them , making for easier viewing.

 

[Sccritterkiller]

Take 14 N out of Gillette you will end up in Buffalo or Sheridian depending on what you wanna do, then take 90 on the way back, I have seen antelope on both..Devils Tower is a good stop too.

Get gas in Gillette or Buffalo cause there is nowhere in between.

 

[Bighorner]

You will almost certainly see antelope on the route above.

Gas will be substantially cheaper in gillette than Buffalo.

 

[EdP]

Devil's tower, Museum of the fur trade in Chadron NE, Chimney Rock, and Scott's Bluff are all great sights you will be near on that route.

 

[Go West Old Man]

Take 14 N out of Gillette you will end up in Buffalo or Sheridian depending on what you wanna do, then take 90 on the way back, I have seen antelope on both..Devils Tower is a good stop too.

Get gas in Gillette or Buffalo cause there is nowhere in between.

Thanks. We’ll have time to detour off I-90 and go Hwy 14. We’re going to split our lodging at two separate “home base” locations ….. one in WY & one in SD….. & venture out daily from those locations. Devils Tower is definitely on our “go see” list.

 

[Go West Old Man]

I hope it cools off soon for the WY locals, all the folks with planned opener hunting trips, and for us too. They really got some blistering, record breaking heat lately!

 

[jmez]

Cooled off today. Raining now.


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[WCB]

Too bad it is after Labor Day you could have stopped at the Vore Buffalo Jump on 90 just imside the WY border.

 

[Go West Old Man]

Too bad it is after Labor Day you could have stopped at the Vore Buffalo Jump on 90 just imside the WY border.

Is it closed seasonally?

 

[Charkan72]

Planning a trip like this next year. Haven’t been to that area since I was a kid.

 

[Dkhunter12]

If your in Buffalo check out the Occidental saloon.

 

[Go West Old Man]

I want to thank all for your comments & suggestions, both here & in a few other posts I made asking for travel, sightseeing, accommodations, etc advice. Unfortunately, we’ve had to cancel our vacation. Tripped, fell, & broke my arm the other day. Bad break. Surgery tomorrow to fix it. Been a helluva week. At least I’ll have lots more time to follow & read rokslide in the next few weeks.

 

[Charkan72]

That is a bummer!!! Hope your surgery goes well

 

[dwils233]

I've always seen them around Sheridan from I-90...usually not huge herds but lots of small ones all the way up the the reservation. Sheridan college seems to have a resident herd on campus land right beside I-90