Small Town BnB

Founding town

Sheridan, Wyoming

Sheridan, Wyoming is a small town of about 20,000 people in the Bighorn Mountain foothills, with working cowboy roots, a walkable Main Street, and a hospitality scene built for visitors, not just tourists passing through. It’s about 130 miles from Billings, 245 from Rapid City, and 425 from Denver. Wyo Stays, based in Sheridan, runs Small Town BnB and manages these stays.

Is Sheridan a small town?

By population, yes. The U.S. Census Bureau estimates Sheridan city had 20,015 residents on July 1, 2025, up about 7% from an April 2020 base of 18,756. Sheridan is the county seat of Sheridan County, and it still runs on small-town rhythms: a walkable Main Street, a working rodeo grounds, and ranch and agriculture roots that shape the local culture more than any resort economy does. Source: Census Bureau QuickFacts: Sheridan city, Wyoming.

Drive times

  • Billings, MT: about 130 miles, about 2 hours
  • Rapid City, SD: about 245 miles, about 3 hours 35 minutes
  • Denver, CO: about 425 miles, about 6 hours 20 minutes

Approximate driving distance and time from Sheridan. The Billings time is Sheridan County Travel and Tourism’s; the others come from OpenStreetMap road routing at posted speed limits. Winter weather can add to all of them.

Seasons

Sheridan has a season for every reason to come, but summer draws the most visitors: warm and easy in town, a little cooler up in the mountains, with long daylight hours that stretch the day out. Here is what each season looks like in numbers.

Places to know

A handful of spots that give a feel for what’s here, not a ranked list.

  • The Mint Bar: On Main Street since it opened as the Mint Saloon in 1907. The neon bucking-horse sign has been up since 1938, and the walls are lined with cattle brands on cedar shingles. (Source: The Mint Bar)
  • Innominate Coffeehouse & Bakery: A Sheridan coffeehouse and bakery. (Source: Sheridan County Travel and Tourism)
  • Steamboat Point: A steep 0.8-mile trail from a Highway 14 parking area to the top, with a 360-degree view. (Source: U.S. Forest Service)
  • Paradise Falls: A waterfall in the Bighorn National Forest, reached by a trail off US-14A.
  • Porcupine Falls: A waterfall in the Bighorn National Forest. The trailhead is on the north side of the range, and the Forest Service’s directions start from Lovell, on the far side from Sheridan. (Source: U.S. Forest Service)

What guests get wrong

Visitors tend to underestimate how wild Wyoming still is right outside town: real wildlife, real backcountry, not a manicured version of it.

Towns like Sheridan

More towns are on the way and will be listed here as they join. See all towns.

Wyo Stays, founding member

Wyo Stays is a licensed Wyoming real estate brokerage and short-term rental manager based in Sheridan, and a founding member of the Small Town BnB network. It also runs Small Town BnB, so the stays below are its own.

For a local operator’s view of visiting, read Wyo Stays’ Complete Guide to Visiting Sheridan, Wyoming.