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Sheridan County Serves It Up: Food, Fun & Frontier Adventure
What's Cookin' in Sheridan County, Wyoming? Rodeo culture, polo, world-class fly fishing, and a food scene that surprises even the most seasoned travelers.
What's Cookin' in Sheridan County, Wyoming
2024 is poised to be a big year out here in the wild, wild west. We're celebrating rodeo and cowboy culture as we've done each year since 1931 — get your tickets now for the July 10-13 performances! — and we are ready to welcome back polo players from across the country for another season of Big Horn Polo.
A Food Scene That Surprises
Sheridan County has quietly become one of Wyoming's most exciting culinary destinations. The combination of ranching heritage, agricultural abundance, and a growing community of creative chefs has produced a food scene that punches well above its weight for a region of this size.
Local restaurants celebrate Wyoming's ranching traditions with grass-fed beef, bison, and elk sourced from nearby ranches. But the menus go far beyond the expected — you'll find farm-to-table creativity, craft cocktails featuring Wyoming spirits, and international influences that reflect the diverse community that has made Sheridan home.
The historic downtown along Main Street is lined with independent restaurants, coffee shops, and craft breweries that give the city a vibrant, walkable character. The Sheridan Inn — a National Historic Landmark where Buffalo Bill Cody once auditioned performers for his Wild West Show — anchors the downtown and remains a gathering place for locals and visitors alike.
Outdoor Adventure
Sheridan County sits at the base of the Bighorn Mountains, one of Wyoming's most dramatic and underappreciated mountain ranges. The Bighorn National Forest offers hundreds of miles of hiking and mountain biking trails, world-class fly fishing on the Tongue River and its tributaries, and some of the best elk hunting in the state.
The Medicine Wheel National Historic Landmark — a 75-foot diameter stone wheel constructed by Native Americans centuries ago — sits at 9,642 feet elevation in the Bighorns and remains a sacred site and fascinating destination for visitors.
Plan Your Visit
Sheridan is located in north-central Wyoming, about 130 miles south of Billings, Montana. The city is served by the Sheridan County Airport with connections to Denver. Summer and fall are the peak seasons, with the Sheridan WYO Rodeo in July as the signature event.
For more information, visit sheridanwyoming.org.
