Douglas, Wyoming is home to the Wyoming State Fair (every August), the Wyoming Pioneer Museum, and the Wyoming Law Enforcement Academy. Agriculture remains important culturally with active ranching of horses, sheep, and cows. Rodeo is another iconic part of the community's activities. However, the energy industry is dominant in the ecomony.

Workplace issues for coal miners, railroad workers, uranium, and oil industry workers make up a large part of medical practice in this area. Douglas also claims ready access to year round outdoor sporting activities including hunting, fishing, North Platte River and Glendo Lake recreation, as well as mountain hiking at nearby Laramie Peak which rises to 10,300 feet from the 5,000 foot elevation of the town.

There is an excellent paved airport with 6,000 foot prevailing and crosswind runways which enable medical transport by jet or helicopter as well as recreation with small fixed wing craft. Winters are mild enough that the local 18 hole golf-course is often active all but a few weeks of every year.

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Hospital: Memorial Hospital of Converse County (MHCC) is a State Licensed; Medicare Certified, 25 bed Critical Access Hospital located in Douglas, WY. Our state of the art facilities and board certified providers create a unique healthcare system, designed around the needs of our patients.  Simply stated, MHCC provides the best of both worlds; Advanced Medicine and Hometown Care. Our Family Practice, OB/GYN, and Internal Medicine physicians ensure Douglas area families receive the best care possible, and our cutting-edge technology, bring outside specialists directly into the Emergency Room, and soon the ICU. Bundled with our state of the art digital surgery suites, general and orthopaedic surgeons, physical therapy, and the Marge Wilson Wellness Center, MHCC has created the perfect environment for patients to get well and stay healthy. www.conversehospital.com

Nursing Home: Douglas Care Center is a premier skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility in Douglas that provides physical and occupational therapy. We are Medicare, Medicaid and Hospice certified. We have finished our construction expansion project, which now provides us with a total of 60 long-term care beds, 20 of which are Alzheimer's care beds.

Our renovation and new construction also includes a new laundry facility, cutting edge technology, added comforts including 32" flat screen TVs, expanded dining and activities room. Our facility is almost twice as big as before totaling 29,454 square feet, which includes a bariatric suite with its own shower room, 4 semi-private rooms, 34 private rooms, 1 new shower suite, 1 new bath shower/suite, with a new whirlpool tub.

Directions:
To see a map of where we are located and/or get directions from other locations, go to maps.google.com (for directions, click “get directions” in the upper left hand corner where you can input the starting address.

• From Billings: Merge onto I-90E via exit 456 towards Sheridan, Wyoming. Merge onto I-25 S via exit 56B toward Casper. Take I-25 BL exit, 140 toward Douglas. It is about a 4.5-hour drive.
• From Cheyenne: Take I-25 North to Douglas, WY – about a 2.5-hour drive.
• From Casper: Take I-25 South to Douglas, WY – about 1 hour drive.

Transportation:
Casper, WY; Cheyenne, WY; Billings, MT or Denver, CO will provide your major carriers.

Extracurricular Activities:
Douglas has a number of great activities to part take in. With the beautiful outdoors you can be doing anything from hiking to hunting, raft down the North Platte to golfing, camping to fishing. You name it Douglas probably has it. Douglas even has GeoCaching! Want a break from the outdoors; enjoy a little ice-skating or some ice hockey. Douglas can entertain you with movies or bowling as well.

Weather Trends:
Summer average 80-85 degrees, Winter average 40 degrees, 330 days of sunshine.