Are you a new cook or a newcomer to the high-altitude areas of Wyoming? Whatever your situation, you may wonder why your cakes continually fall or your favorite cookie recipe just doesn’t taste right. Recipes from low altitudes usually need to be adjusted for altitudes above 3,000 feet. These adjustments are made in time, temperature, or ingredients.
Publications For information on adjusting recipes to be attractive and tasty, please check out the University of Wyoming Extension Bulletin Cooking & Baking It Up! Altitude Adjusters (B-1310).
Altitudes in Wyoming In adjusting recipes to prepare a high-quality product or to home-can foods safely, you need to know your local altitude. Below are listed the altitudes for most Wyoming communities, first alphabetically, and then by county.
Note: These altitudes come from the 1997 Wyoming state map. If you are unable to find your community listed, the altitude probably did not appear on the map. If so, locate a nearby community.
Print a copy of our Adjusting Recipes for Altitude Handout to have handy in your kitchen!
Community and Altitude
- Basin – 3870
- Buffalo – 4645
- Casper – 5123
- Cheyenne – 6062
- Cody – 5016
- Douglas – 4815
- Dubois – 6917
- Evanston – 6748
- Gillette – 4544
- Glenrock – 5009
- Green River – 6100
- Greybull – 3788
- Guernsey – 4354
- Jackson – 6209
- Kemmerer – 6927
- Lander – 5357
- Lovell – 3814
- Lusk – 5015
- Moorcroft – 4206
- Moran Junction – 6742
- Newcastle – 4334
- Pinedale – 7175
- Powell – 4365
- Rawlins – 6755
- Riverton – 4956
- Rock Springs – 6271
- Saratoga – 6786
- Sheridan – 3745
- Shoshoni – 4820
- Sundance – 4750
- Thermopolis – 4326
- Torrington – 4104
- Wheatland – 5733
- Laramie – 7165
- Worland – 4061
- Yellowstone Lake – 7731
County and Altitude
- Albany County
- Laramie – 7165
- Big Horn County
- Basin – 3870
- Lovell – 3814
- Greybull – 3788
- Campbell County
- Gillette – 4544
- Pine Tree Junction – 5042
- Rozet – 4286
- Spotted Horse – 3890
- Carbon County
- Rawlins – 6755
- Saratoga – 6786
- Converse County
- Douglas – 4815
- Glenrock – 5009
- Crook County
- Aladdin – 3740
- Alva – 3995
- Beulah – 3570
- Hulette – 3755
- Moorcroft – 4206
- Sundance – 4750
- Fremont County
- Dubois – 6917
- Lander – 5357
- Riverton – 4956
- Goshen County
- Fort Laramie – 4230
- Hawk Springs – 4394
- Huntley – 4196
- Jay Em – 4675
- LaGrange – 4587
- Torrington – 4104
- Yoder – 4245
- Hot Springs County
- Thermopolis – 4326
- Johnson County
- Buffalo – 4645
- Laramie County
- Albin – 5334
- Burns – 5455
- Cheyenne – 6062
- Federal – 6766
- Hillsdale – 5638
- Horse Creek – 6520
- Pine Bluffs – 5047
- Lincoln County
- Afton – 6134
- Kemmerer – 6927
- Natrona County
- Casper – 5123
- Niobrara County
- Lusk – 5015
- Manville – 5245
- Van Tassel – 4736
- Park County
- Cody – 5016
- Powell – 4365
- Platte County
- Wheatland – 4733
- Chugwater – 5288
- Glendo – 4718
- Guernsey – 4354
- Sheridan County
- Sheridan – 3745
- Sublette County
- Big Piney – 6798
- Pinedale – 7175
- Sweetwater County
- Green River – 6100
- Rock Springs – 6271
- Teton County
- Jackson – 6209
- Uinta County
- Evanston – 6748
- Washakie County
- Tensleep – 4206
- Worland – 4061
- Weston County
- Four Corners – 5800
- Newcastle – 4334
- Osage – 4300
- Upton – 4234
- Wind River Reservation
- Ft. Washakie – 5570
- Crowheart – 6078
