Seminoe State Park is on the northwest side of Seminoe Reservoir, surrounded by the Seminoe Mountains, where prospectors hunted for gold in the late 1800s. The name is often assumed to come from the Seminole tribe but is an Americanized spelling of Cimineau, after the French trapper Basil Cimineau Lajeunesse. The park was established in 1965 through an agreement between the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the Wyoming Recreation Commission. The park is open 24/7, all year. Campsite reservations are required from May 15 to September 15, and fee kiosks at each entrance handle day use and winter camping (they cannot make reservations).