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Cedar Pines, Upton's municipal 9-hole golf course, opened in 1994 by a group of stakeholders who built and operated the course voluntarily. The course has been operated on a volunteer basis ever since, currently run by the Upton Golf Association.

Cedar Pines is located on Highway 116 in a beautiful setting in the Wyoming Black Hills. The course features 2,995 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 36. The course also has a driving range and putting area to master your skills.

A clubhouse with a full bar and restaurant is sure to meet any hunger and thirst desired before and after a round of golf. The Upton Golf Association hosts numerous events during the summer, including the annual Joe Haynes Memorial Golf Tournament, Kids Day, Triathlons, and more! The facility is also available for special events throughout the summer months.

Enjoy our slice of green heaven right here in Upton!

Cedar Pines Golf Course
PO Box 302
N Hwy 116
Upton, WY 82730
307-468-2847

The Upton Gun Club is a community group with an annual small family membership and a public outdoor range. It has a strong membership with members from Weston County and the surrounding Northeastern Wyoming area. The club emphasizes family shooting and especially developing youth shooters. All youth activities can use the range at no charge. Some youth groups that use the range are Wyoming State Youth Hunter Education Challenge (YHEC), Weston County 4-H, Upton Young Guns, Upton Trap Cats, the outdoor education class from Upton High School as well as the Boy Scouts. There is also an indoor 22 caliber range and classroom. The outdoor range has 50 foot , 25 yard, 50 yard, 100 yard, 200 meter, 300 meter ranges. There is also have a trap range and a 5 stand shotgun course. Recently a 3d archery range was added to the outdoor range.

Youth Hunter Education Challenge (YHEC)

The Wyoming State YHEC has used the Upton Gun Range since 2008. YHEC is open to all youths 18 and younger that have passed hunter education. Participants from all across the state and neighboring states are welcome to participate. This one-day event has grown every year. In the future it might become a 2-day event. Wyoming has sent several participants to Nationals, where Wyoming has won the Sportsmanship Award 3 times.

For 25 years, professional motorcycle riders have come to Wyoming’s Black Hills just outside Upton to test their off-road abilities on the tree-lined tracks coursing over the native rocky terrain. Upton hosts the Inyan Kara Enduro Race every year - an off-road, long-distance cross-country competition part of the Rocky Mountain Enduro Circuit.

The event brings the community together unlike anything else through the level of activity locals willingly put in to help the event. Volunteers work checkpoints or assist with track maintenance. The local school provides access to the locker room for riders to shower and allows out-of-towners to camp on the school property for the weekend. Local groups run fundraisers through breakfasts and spaghetti dinners as well. 

Upton City Park is located north of town on Highway 116. This beautiful park boasts tall ponderosa pines reaching almost as high as "Old Glory". Renovated in 2015 through work of nonprofit organizations, the Upton City Park now features an updated playground, bandshell for concerts and events, basketball court and covered picnic area for events.

Upton City Park plays host to many events during the year, including Upton Fun Days, Upton Fall Festival and Rose Classic Memorial Car Show, outdoor sports tournaments and many private events as well.

The summer season is a perfect time to enjoy the Upton City Pool, operated by Weston County School District #7. The Upton City Pool has two slides, depth from three feet to ten feet, and hosts swimming lessons each summer for children in the greater Upton area. The pool operates Monday through Friday from Noon to 5 pm, with night swimming from 6 – 8 pm, noon – 6 on Saturday, and 1-5 on Sunday.

One of Upton’s best historical spots is the iconic Old Town, a collection of buildings and artifacts collected by Upton History and Heritage Preservation, the nonprofit organization that operates the site.

Upton History and Heritage Preservation has worked hard over the years to relocate numerous historic cabins and buildings of the area depicting the local and state historic heritage. Buildings relocated to Old Town include the Clingan cabin, Hawkins cabin, Rankin log house, Hawkins blacksmith shop, Upton's old fire hall, the Plachy ice house, Osage's "House of Ill-Repute, and Watt's water tank, barn, corral and blacksmith shop. Several wagons have also been restored and displayed on site.

The original IronTown was built in the late 1880's on this site. With the promise of the iron horse (railroad) which would carry coal, sheep and cattle to market, early settlers drove their livestock here from as far away as Montana to get them shipped to the east. The railroad was built a mile east of Iron Town, so the village quickly folded and Merino, later became Upton overnight.

The Red Onion Museum is a museum in Upton, Wyoming, which is part of a collection of museums operated by the Weston County Museum District, a non-profit organization. The Red Onion Museum hosts many events each year, such as a history fashion review, old-fashioned bike tour featuring old motorcycles and different coffee events, targeting different interests in the community.

Walter K. “Jarbo” Poulson brought fame to the name “Red Onion,” at least in the Upton Community, when he opened the “Red Onion Saloon,” which operated for several years prior to Prohibition. When Prohibition resulted in the closure of the Red Onion Saloon, Poulson simply moved his business to the barn at his “Red Onion Ranch.” As the community organized the Red Onion Museum in 1996, the historic name was again put to use.

Upton Fun Days is Upton’s largest local event of the year, with a variety of activities and events throughout the weekend. The annual celebration is held every third weekend in July, with three days filled with fun and memories for the whole family.

Hosted by the Upton Chamber of Commerce, the event hosts a parade, junior rodeo, free bbq, concerts, cornhole tournament, the Joe Haynes Memorial Golf Tournament at Cedar Pines, and different events each year. With so many things to expect during Upton Fun Days, this is a weekend that you will not want to miss! Be on the lookout for the official Upton Fun Days Schedule from the Weston County Gazette so you can begin planning your trip to Upton this July.

The Wyoming State YHEC has used the Upton Gun Range since 2008. YHEC is open to all youths 18 and younger that have passed hunter education. Participants from all across the state and neighboring states are welcome to participate. This one-day event has grown every year. In the future it might become a 2-day event. Wyoming has sent several participants to Nationals, where Wyoming has won the Sportsmanship Award 3 times.

The Fall Festival and Rose Classic Memorial Show and Shine is an annual car show held by the Upton Chamber of Commerce and families in Upton. This event welcomes a variety of classic, muscle and other types of cars at Upton City Park to close out the summer season in Upton.

Along with the car show, Fall Festival welcomes vendors from around the region to sell goods and services at the park. Fall Festival has hosted a variety of vendors to the park, including homemade food and treats, custom made art and jewelry. To learn more about the event or vendor opportunities, people are encouraged to email uptonchamberofcommerce@gmail.com.

A local-based campaign started in 2016 by the Upton Economic Development Board (UEDB) to highlight the advantages of shopping locally, organizations in Upton are working on creating opportunities for those in Upton to create a ‘community mindset’ to facilitate community development.

In 2022, the UEDB and Upton Chamber of Commerce launched Think Upton First 2.0, to relaunch the campaign with the mindset to foster a closer working relationship between organizations and businesses in Upton to develop activities, events and recreation in Upton to provide a better quality of life for those in the community. The Think Upton First 2.0 committee is actively working to bring more opportunities for people in Upton to get active and involved.