The Seminoe Mountains surrounding Seminoe State Park were once the site for gold prospecting during the late 1800s. The name "Seminoe" is commonly assumed to come from Seminole tribe, but is an Americanized spelling of the French name Cimineau.
Seminoe State Part, located on the northwest side of the reservoir, was established in 1965 through an agreement between the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the Wyoming Recreation Commission.
This road took us down to the water's edge, where there were some very nice camping sites, dry camping, but right on the water. Met Old fisherman when we registered who said the fishing was good for Walleye and Trout.
The reservoir is quite large, in the middle down near the water are some of the camp sites.
All around the island were camp sites, however one would get an e-ticket ride in an RV going down the hill.
Once down the hill you could drive around pretty easy, we toured the camp sites.
This river is coming from the Seminoe Dam, about two miles up the road. The dam was completed on April 1, 1939.
The reservoir has 180 miles of shoreline and a reservoir capacity of 1,017,279 acre feet of water.
Jo the photographer doing her thing, I took a little walk to check out the cliff, one does not do a lot of hard walking above 7,000 feet, no air, if you know what I mean.
The Seminoe Dam is a concrete arch construction and contains 210,000 cubic yards of concrete. It is 295 feet high, 530 feet long, 15 feet wide at the top, and 85 feet wide at the bottom. The crest elevation is 6,361 feet.
I wonder who the team of mountain goats were that constructed this tower? My guess is it was done by
helicopter.
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