Visit Tree In The Rock, Buford, Wyoming

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This small pine tree that seems to be growing out of solid rock has fascinated travelers since the first trail rolled past on the Union Pacific Railroad. The train would occasionally stop and they would water the tree. The tree is somewhat stunted and twisted limber pine (Pinus Flexilis), a type of tree commonly found in this area where ponderosa and limber pines dominate the landscape. The age of the tree is unknown, although limber pines can live as long as 2,000 years. The tree grows out of a crack in a boulder of Precambrian era pink Sherman granite formed more than 1-4 billion years ago.

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