Sweetwater Wyoming Town

The Sweetwater River is a 238-mile long tributary of the North Platte River, in the U.S. state of Wyoming. As a part of the Mississippi River system, its waters eventually reach the Gulf of Mexico. The Sweetwater rises in southwestern Fremont County, at the continental divide near South Pass Wyoming, on the southern end of the Wind River Range. It flows EN…
The Sweetwater River is a 238-mile long tributary of the North Platte River, in the U.S. state of Wyoming. As a part of the Mississippi River system, its waters eventually reach the Gulf of Mexico. The Sweetwater rises in southwestern Fremont County, at the continental divide near South Pass Wyoming, on the southern end of the Wind River Range. It flows ENE along the north side of the Antelope Hills, then ESE, through Fremont County, past Jeffrey City, between the Granite Mountains to the north and the Green Mountains to the south, through what are now cattle-raising areas. In southern Natrona County, it passes Devil's Gate and Independence Rock along the Oregon, California and Mormon Trails, and empties into the North Platte as the Sweetwater arm of Pathfinder Reservoir.
  • Country: United States
  • State: Wyoming
  • Cities: Sweetwater Station, Jeffrey City
  • Source: Sweetwater Gap
  • Mouth: North Platte River
  • Length: 238 mi (383 km)
  • Basin size: 2,880 sq mi (7,500 km²)
Data from: en.wikipedia.org