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Sweetwater Bridge

Difficulty

Easy

Maps

USGS 7.5 Quadrangles: Radium Springs and Atlantic City; CDT Map Set: Maps 248 and 249, Section WY09 and WY10.

Length

Variable (3 – 10 miles)

Directions

From Atlantic City, take Riverview Cutoff south of town for 8.3 miles. Turn left and continue for 1.5 miles. Then take a slight right to continue for 0.2 miles until you reach a turn on the left for a track where the CDT heads to the east. This is where you can pick up the trail going north, however, if you want to pick up the trail after crossing Sweetwater Bridge, continue down the road 0.2 miles.

Closest Town

Atlantic City

For More Information

BLM Lander Field Office: (307)-
A SUNSET SOUTH OF ATLANTIC CITY. 332-8400.

Heading north from Sweetwater River, you will wind through the Wyoming grasslands and sagebrush as the trail follows the river north for 3 miles. The trail is gentle and stays relatively flat, gaining less than 500 ft in the 10 miles to Atlantic City

Photo by Dahn Pratt