Thayer Junction, Wyoming

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Thayer Junction
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Thayer Junction
Thayer Junction (the United States)
Coordinates: 41°41′13″N108°54′40″W / 41.68694°N 108.91111°W / 41.68694; -108.91111 Coordinates: 41°41′13″N108°54′40″W / 41.68694°N 108.91111°W / 41.68694; -108.91111
Country United States
State Wyoming
County Sweetwater
Elevation
6,440 ft (1,960 m)
Time zone UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-6 (MDT)
GNIS feature ID1597519 [1]

Thayer Junction is an unincorporated community in Sweetwater County, in the U.S. state of Wyoming.

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