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Cheyenne,
Wyoming
Out on the high plains of Wyoming, Cheyenne is the real
American West, an unpretentious, down to earth,
safe city with dry air and big blue skies.
It is a great place to retire.
The State of Wyoming
Wyoming
is a state that is located within the Mountain region on the
western half of the United States. In fact, the western two thirds of the state
are covered with
mountain ranges. This includes the foothills of the
Eastern Rocky Mountains. As for the eastern third of the state, it is known as the High
Plains because it is a high elevation prairie land.
Wyoming is the least populous
state in America
today, and according to the 2010 Census, only 563,626 people
live here. However, this is a 14% increase from 2000. Most
people live in Cheyenne, which is the state's capital.
There are a lot of parks and
recreation areas included within this state. They include Yellowstone
National Park,
Grand Teton
National Park, Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area and Flaming George
National Recreation Area. You will also find several other
national historic trails and sites, as well as wildlife refuges
and hatcheries located throughout this state as well. Clearly,
this is a great state for nature lovers to visit or call home.
You will find that this is a
semi-arid, continental climate. As such, it is drier and windier
than most of the other states within the United States. There are also much greater temperature extremes (warm summers
with extremely cold winters) found within Wyoming.
This is mainly due to the state's topography. Of course, the
latitude and altitude of where you are located within
Wyoming
will also greatly influence the climate.
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