Wyoming Highway 272
Encyclopedia
Wyoming Highway 272 is a north–south Wyoming
State Road named North Lance Creek Road and is located in north central Niobrara County.
, northeast of Lance Creek
. WYO 272 heads north into the Lance Creek Fossil Area
. Highway 272 ends at 3.32 miles and Niobrara County Route 14 takes over as the northern routing.
Wyoming
Wyoming is a state in the mountain region of the Western United States. The western two thirds of the state is covered mostly with the mountain ranges and rangelands in the foothills of the Eastern Rocky Mountains, while the eastern third of the state is high elevation prairie known as the High...
State Road named North Lance Creek Road and is located in north central Niobrara County.
Route description
Wyoming Highway 272 has its southern end at Wyoming Highway 270Wyoming Highway 270
Wyoming Highway 270 is a north–south Wyoming State Road located in northeastern Platte County and southwestern Niobrara County.-Guernsey to Manville:...
, northeast of Lance Creek
Lance Creek, Wyoming
Lance Creek is a census-designated place in Niobrara County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 51 at the 2000 census. Lance Creek is the namesake of the Lance Formation, a rock formation from the Late Cretaceous that has yielded fossils from a diverse number of species.-Geography:Lance...
. WYO 272 heads north into the Lance Creek Fossil Area
Lance Formation
The Lance Formation is a division of Late Cretaceous rocks in the western United States. Named after Lance Creek, Wyoming, the microvertebrate fossils and dinosaurs represent important components of the latest Mesozoic vertebrate faunas...
. Highway 272 ends at 3.32 miles and Niobrara County Route 14 takes over as the northern routing.