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Vedauwoo
2468 Jackson Street
Laramie, WY 82070
Introduction
Twenty miles east of Laramie, along I-80 are the towering rocks of Vedauwoo (pronounced VEE-da- voo), an Arapaho word meaning “earth born.” Ancient Indians believed that these magnificent rock formations in the Pole Mountain area of the Medicine Bow National Forest were created by playful spirits. The area was considered a sacred place where young Indian men went on vision quests. The area was also used for hunting, fishing, gathering food, medicine, and lodge poles. These oddly jumbled rocks form all sorts of shapes—mushrooms, balancing rocks, rounded knolls, lizards, faces, turtles—anything you might dream up! Vedauwoo provides excellent backdrops for picnics, sight-seeing, hiking, mountain biking, camping, rock climbing, fishing, snow shoeing, and cross-country skiing.
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