The river rises in northern Colorado, in the
Roosevelt National Forest in the
Front Range, in western
Larimer County. It flows north-northwest into Wyoming, along the east side of the
Medicine Bow Mountains, past
Jelm and Woods Landing, then northeast emerging from the mountains southwest of Laramie. The river then flows north through Laramie. In the
Laramie Plains it is joined by the
Little Laramie River. The Laramie River then continues north through the Laramie Plains and through
Wheatland Reservoir. It flows northeast through the
Laramie Mountains. Emerging from the mountains, it receives the
North Laramie River north of
Wheatland and
Chugwater Creek 7 mi (11 km) northeast of Wheatland. It joins the North Platte opposite the town
Fort Laramie. In its upper reaches in Colorado, the river supplies water to the
Cache La Poudre River via the
Laramie–Poudre Tunnel. The tunnel, which is approximately long, was finished in 1911 as part of a larger
irrigation project for northern Colorado.
Discharge ==See also==