Location
Western Wyoming Community College is located in Rock Springs and has an extended campus center in Green River in Sweetwater County. The boundaries of the College district, conterminal with those of the County, enclose 10,473 square miles (27,120 km2) in the southwestern part of the State. The average elevation of the County is over 6,500 feet above sea level. Green River, which is located approximately 12 miles (19 km) west of the main campus site, together with Rock Springs, comprises the fourth largest population center in the State of Wyoming. The recreation areas of Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, The Grand Teton National Park/Jackson Hole country, and Yellowstone National Park are all easily accessible to the College community. The campus, consisting of 435 acres (1.8 km2), with modern facilities and equipment, can be easily reached by Greyhound Bus Lines and various airlines as well as by car on Interstate 80 and U.S. 191.
There is a Western Wyoming Community College Foundation. Former State Senator Robert H. Johnson was one of its members.
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