Cody Wyoming Temple

The Cody Wyoming Temple was my 80th temple

We live in rural Wyoming and until a couple years ago, our closest temple was four hours away.  The Casper Temple was dedicated in 2024, and is only 2 hours and 15 minutes from our home.  We were thrilled to hear about the Cody Wyoming Temple that would be another temple within 3 hours of our house!  There was a lot of opposition to the building of the Cody Temple at first, but now that the beautiful temple is completed and dedicated, I don't think anyone is unhappy with it.  It is absolutely beautiful!

One thing I noticed about this temple is that all four sides of it are photogenic -- you can take beautiful photos with this beautiful temple in the background on all four sides.  The landscaping is beautiful.  The construction is exactly like the Casper Temple, although it has different coloring.  Inside there are beautiful greens, and the red Indian Paintbrush flower is seen throughout, including in the stained glass windows.  The flowers grow from small flowers in the baptistry to very large flowers in the Celestial room, representing the progression through the ordinances and covenants made in the temple.  The view of the flower is from above rather than from the side.

My favorite thing about this temple is the beautiful sealing room.  At first I was pretty sad that both the Casper and Cody temples don't have mirrors in their sealing rooms, because I love to look into the eternity mirrors whenever I am in the temple.  But since the Cody temple's sealing room is in the very corner of the temple, there are beautiful stained glass windows on both of the corner walls.  When the light shines through them the sealing room is brilliant and full of light, shining beautifully through the windows.  The carpets have flowers and designs carved into them that are intricate and show the great attention to detail that you find throughout the temple.  Unfortunately the sealing room only seats 30 people, so for a large family like ours it wouldn't be a realistic setting for a wedding, but it is definitely beautiful!  The Celestial Room is also very beautiful, and about the same size as the Casper temple.

The Cody Wyoming Temple is located here:  Cody Wyoming Temple.  The address is 355 Skyline Drive in Cody.  The temple workers are very kind.  We attended a sealing session while we were there, and I'd brought a lot of family names.  Another couple attended with us, and they were happy to help us with our family members' sealing ordinances.  The sealer was happy to complete as many sealings as we had the energy for.  I knew that my deceased family members were very happy that day!

There is a small visitor center on site, and a distribution center will be placed in it soon.  The view from the temple grounds of the valley below is very beautiful.  The land for the temple was donated by a local church member.  The temple was announced on October 3, 2021 and was dedicated on October 25, 2026.  We were lucky enough to attend within the first couple weeks of it being open.  I am very excited to be able to attend this temple on a regular basis!

Me at my 80th Temple in November of 2026

beautiful view from the temple

The visitor's center