North Laramie River

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North Laramie River
North Laramie River near Friend Park in Medicine Bow - Routt National Forest

North Laramie River near Friend Park in Medicine Bow - Routt National Forest

Data
Water code US1604343
location Wyoming , United States
River system Mississippi River
Drain over Laramie River  → North Platte River  → Platte River  → Missouri  → Mississippi  → Atlantic Ocean
source Medicine Bow - Routt National Forest
42 ° 18 ′ 12 ″  N , 105 ° 37 ′ 27 ″  W.
muzzle Laramie River Coordinates: 42 ° 7 ′ 35 "  N , 104 ° 55 ′ 27"  W 42 ° 7 ′ 35 "  N , 104 ° 55 ′ 27"  W.

length 131 km
Reservoirs flowed through Toltec reservoir

The North Laramie River is an approximately 131 km long northern tributary of the Laramie River in southeastern Wyoming in the United States . It flows through the Platte and Albany Counties . Its headwaters are in Medicine Bow - Routt National Forest in the Laramie Mountains in northern Albany County. It flows first south, later in an easterly direction and joins the Laramie River about 8 kilometers north of Wheatland .

The name of the river comes from Jacques La Ramee , a French-Canadian fur trader who lived in the area in the 1820s.

reachability

The North Laramie River Trail begins at N42 ° 12,400, W105 ° 21,400 and leads about 8 kilometers, partly very steeply, through the North Laramie River Canyon along the river.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ US Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data
  2. USGS-GNIS Feature Detail Report for: North Laramie River
  3. ^ North Laramie River Trail