When it comes to outdoor adventures in Wyoming ... less than two hours west of Laramie, this town of just 1,700 is ideally located next to a wealth of hot springs that will let you melt away ...

The facility, located in Hot Springs State Park, closed on Jan. 14. A legal dispute between C&W Enterprises and Wyoming State Parks needs to be settled before a new operator can take over.

Ana Houseal is the Outreach Science Educator at the Science and Mathematics Teaching Center at the University of Wyoming in Laramie ... of Illinois Urbana-Champaign studying the Mammoth Hot Springs ...