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Pathfinder Reservoir Location in Wyoming Show map of Wyoming Pathfinder Reservoir Location in the United States Show map of the United States
Location	Carbon / Natrona counties, Wyoming, United States
Coordinates	42°28′05″N 106°51′14″W / 42.46806°N 106.85389°W / 42.46806; -106.85389
Type	reservoir
Primary inflows	North Platte River
Primary outflows	North Platte River
Basin countries	United States
Max. depth	192 feet (59 m)
Water volume	1,016,000 acre⋅ft (1.253 km3)
Shore length1	117 mi (188 km)
Surface elevation	5,846 ft (1,782 m)
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Pathfinder Reservoir is located in the U.S. state of Wyoming on the North Platte River between Casper and Rawlins. It sits 47 miles (76 km) southwest of Casper, in Carbon County and Natrona County. The reservoir was created by Pathfinder Dam and has a storage capacity of 1,016,000 acre-feet (1.253×10⁹ m³). The shoreline consists of 117 miles (188 km). Much of the water used to serve the 335,000 acre (1360 km²) North Platte Project is stored here. Some of the water in the reservoir is released to satisfy other water rights and to operate power plants downstream of the reservoir. Much of the Pathfinder Reservoir is included in the Pathfinder National Wildlife Refuge. Pathfinder Reservoir is the site of the only established population of the Macedonian Ohrid Trout (S. letnica) in the United States.