Glendo State Park

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Location:Just outside the town of Glendo, off I-25.
Facilities:More than 400 tent and trailer campsites, restrooms, picnic area and shelter, trails (4 miles @di), swimming beach, boat ramp, boat dock, marina, dam (é), playground.
Activities:Camping, boating, fishing, swimming, water-skiing, windsurfing, hiking.
Special Features:Visitors may find tepee rings and other traces from times when Arapaho, Cheyenne, Oglala, and Brule Indians called this territory home.
Address:PO Box 398
Glendo, WY 82213
Phone:307-735-4433
Web: wyoparks.state.wy.us/glslide.htm
Size: 9,930 acres land; 12,550 acres water. Elevation: 4,718 feet.

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