Take a trip through time on the 1-mile, marked nature trail at Mountain Plains Heritage Park off Stockyard Road on the east side of Buffalo. Walk in the paths first traveled by the pioneers of the Bozeman Trail and gaze at the beauty they saw as they approached the Bighorn Mountains.

See where the railroad rolled through the area from 1912 to 1948.

Mountain Plains Heritage Park has been established for the preservation of this heritage and to help visitors become aware of the history at this crossing in the valley.

It is a great place to observe waterfowl.

The Mountain Plains Heritage Park was established by the Joint Powers Board in 1993 in cooperation with the Buffalo Wetlands/Wildlife Habitat Project under the sponsorship of the City of Buffalo, Johnson County, the Lake DeSmet Conservation District, Wyoming Game & Fish, and other contributing entities.