Cody, Wyoming is surrounded by natural areas that offer almost limitless opportunities for outdoor activities including hiking, camping, fishing, big game hunting, horseback riding, biking, skiing, river rafting, rock climbing, and wildlife viewing. These areas include Yellowstone National Park, Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, Shoshone National Forest, Big Horn National Forest, the Big Horn Basin, surrounded by the Big Horn Mountains, and the Beartooth and Absaroka ranges of the Rocky Mountains; and, rivers and creeks such as the Shoshone and Big Horn Rivers, Paintrock, Shell and Ten Sleep Creeks. Furthermore, Park County, Wyoming has only a 4% sales tax, NO state income tax, and some of the lower property taxes in the United States. You can’t get any better than this!