The West of Our Imagination was a critical and commercial success. Critics praised its "blending of early artistic visions of the American West" with "up-to-date cinematography of its natural splendors," and it was called "an excellent, cleverly conceived, elegantly photographed series." It was also praised for helping to "distinguish between truth and the fiction depicted by the more romantic artists," and for "answering those questions" about the accuracy of "the mixture of romance and expectation" found within art.
