Fort Bridger
Fort Bridger was originally a 19th-century fur trading outpost established in 1842, on Blacks Fork of the Green River, in what is now Uinta County, Wyoming, United States and was then part of Mexico.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: former fort, open-air museum, and state park in Fort Bridger, Wyoming, United States
- Also known as: “Fort Bridger Museum”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fort Bridger and Mountain View.
Fort Bridger
Village
Fort Bridger is a census-designated place in eastern Uinta County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 354 at the 2020 census. The community takes its name from the eponymous Fort Bridger, established in 1842, which is located within the boundaries of the CDP.
Mountain View
Town
Mountain View is a town in Uinta County, Wyoming, United States. As of the 2020 census, Mountain View had a population of 1,278. Mountain View is situated 4½ miles southeast of Fort Bridger.
Lyman
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Lyman is a town in Uinta County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 2,135 at the 2020 census.
Fort Bridger
- Categories: fort, Wyoming state park, open-air museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Uinta, Wyoming, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.31774° or 41° 19′ 4″ northLongitude
-110.39309° or 110° 23′ 35″ westOpen location code
85HF8J94+3QOpenStreetMap ID
way 240720857OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q3748473
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Russian—“Fort Bridger” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “布里傑堡”
- Dutch: “Fort Bridger”
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن بريدجر”
- French: “fort Bridger”
- French: “Fort Bridger”
- Italian: “Fort Bridger”
- Japanese: “フォート・ブリッジャー”
- Japanese: “ブリッジャー砦”
- Portuguese: “Forte Bridger”
- Russian: “Форт Бриджер”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Jim Bridger’s Fort and Historic Pony Express Trail Route.
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