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The Green River enters the range
by a flaring, brilliant
red orange canyon... We name it Flaming
Gorge.
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From
the journal of explorer John Wesley Powell, 1869 |
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 Big,
beautiful Flaming Gorge Lake, enclosed by brightly colored canyon walls
and set amidst hundreds of thousands of acres of forested hills, makes
up the Flaming Gorge
National Recreation Area. It is
a wonderful setting in which to boat, fish, hike, bike or just stare.
The Green River below the dam provides some of the best trout fishing
opportunities in the state as well as mild white water rafting. Most visitors
camp at the dozens of forest service campgrounds in the park, but there
are also a few lodges and other places to stay in the area.
Flaming Gorge straddles the Utah/Wyoming border
near the northeast corner of Utah. Though it reaches some 60 miles north
to Green River, Wyoming, most of the activity and the most dramatic scenery
are at its southern end in Utah. The main season runs from May to September,
though a few facilities remain open all year for cross-country skiers,
snowmobilers and ice fishers.
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