Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area Welcomes Visitors This Holiday Season with Fall and Winter Programming

Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area has finished winterizing and posted its fall and winter plans. The lake stood at 3,626.4 feet on Oct. 27; small boats can launch at Horseshoe Bend at 3,620 feet and large boats need 3,625 feet.

The Cal S. Taggart Visitor Center keeps winter hours, Tuesday through Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and closes Nov. 26 for Thanksgiving. With hunting season underway, NPS asks visitors in the Yellowtail Wildlife Habitat Area to wear blaze orange.

From Nov. 3 to 17, visitors can collect free dead, downed firewood from a designated area left by the Kane Fire cleanup after checking in at the Lovell Visitor Center.

Programs include a ranger talk on Nov. 12, a book club and holiday sale on Nov. 21 and a night-sky astrophotography workshop on Dec. 3.