Area 36 covers the Hartville Uplift, the northern Laramie Range foothills, and surrounding country between Wheatland, Guernsey, and Lusk. Elevations run from about 4,500 feet on the surrounding plains to 7,500 feet on the higher Hartville and Laramie Range ridges. The Hartville Uplift is a quiet little mountain block standing apart from the main Laramie Range—Precambrian rocks pushed up through the surrounding sediment, with limestone and granite outcrops, ponderosa-and-juniper breaks, and the iron-mine history at Sunrise that fed the Colorado Fuel and Iron mills for decades. The country grades from sage prairie and cured grass on the lower benches through ponderosa-and-juniper foothills into Douglas fir on the cooler aspects of the higher ridges. Cottonwood-and-willow creek bottoms run through Cottonwood Creek, Horseshoe Creek, and the upper Laramie River. BLM, state trust, and private split the country with significant Walk-In and HMA programs adding access. I-25 and US-26 frame the access; county roads thread the foothills. Wheatland is the supply town—gas, motels, real grocery—and Lusk and Guernsey are smaller waypoints. Cell service is fair on I-25. Antelope on the prairie, mule deer in the foothill breaks and pine ridges, whitetail in the creek bottoms, elk on the higher Laramie Range country for those who draw. The Hartville country is overlooked compared to the bigger names, which means you can hunt it without much company if you've found access.