Guernsey State Park is a public recreation area surrounding the Guernsey Reservoir, an impoundment of the North Platte River, near the town of Guernsey in Platte County, Wyoming. The state park features multiple campgrounds, boat ramps, and hiking trails as well as exceptional examples of structures created by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s. Facilities are managed for the Bureau of Reclamation by the Wyoming Division of State Parks and Historic Sites.HistoryThe park had its beginnings with construction of the Guernsey Dam, which was completed in 1927. Beginning in 1934, workers with the Civilian Conservation Corps created recreational facilities on the land surrounding the dam's reservoir. Their labors came to an end in 1939. Park management fell to the state of Wyoming in 1957.Lake Guernsey State Park (also known as Guernsey State Park Historic District, Lake Guernsey Park, Guernsey Lake Park, or Guernsey State Park) was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1997 for its Civilian Conservation Corps buildings and structures. The historic district contains 60 contributing resources: 14 buildings, 3 sites, and 43 structures, as well as 46 non-contributing resources.FeaturesThe Guernsey State Park Museum offer information about the CCC and the natural and cultural history of the area. The park contains a separate National Historic Landmark, the Oregon Trail Ruts. Register Cliff, another feature of the Oregon Trail listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is located two miles southeast of the park.
