Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area

Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area
Flaming Gorge Reservoir with namesake red sandstone cliffs.
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Location	Sweetwater County, Wyoming / Daggett County, Utah, USA
Nearest city	Green River, Wyoming
Coordinates	40°54′52″N 109°25′17″W / 40.91444°N 109.42139°W / 40.91444; -109.42139
Area	207,363 acres (839.17 km²)
Established	October 1, 1968
Governing body	United States Forest Service
Website	Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area

Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area is a United States national recreation area in Wyoming and Utah.^[1] Its centerpiece is the 91 miles (146 km) long Flaming Gorge Reservoir.

History

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The area was given the name "Flaming Gorge" by John Wesley Powell during his 1869 expedition down the Green River, due to the spectacular, gorgeous red sandstone cliffs that surround this part of the river.^[2]

The Flaming Gorge reservoir was created by the 1964 construction of the Flaming Gorge Dam across the Green River.

Uses

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Power

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Flaming Gorge Dam is used to generate hydroelectric power. Three turbines and generators at the base of the dam have the capacity to produce 50,650 kilowatts of electrical power each.

Recreation

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Flaming Gorge National Recreation area is administered by the Ashley National Forest.

Activities in the recreation area include camping, biking, rock climbing, paddling, hiking, boating and fishing on the Flaming Gorge Reservoir, and rafting on the portion of the Green River downstream from Flaming Gorge Dam.

Flaming Gorge panorama

References

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^ "Planning a Trip in Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area". Frommer's. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
^ "Flaming Gorge". Utah.com. Retrieved May 3, 2023.

External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area.

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area.

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Protected areas of Utah

Federal

National Parks	Arches Bryce Canyon Canyonlands Capitol Reef Zion
NPS National Monuments	Cedar Breaks Dinosaur Hovenweep Natural Bridges Rainbow Bridge Timpanogos Cave
National Historic Parks	Golden Spike
National Recreation Areas	Flaming Gorge Glen Canyon
National Historic Trails	California Mormon Pioneer Pony Express Old Spanish
National Forests	Ashley Caribou–Targhee Dixie Fishlake Manti–La Sal Sawtooth Uinta–Wasatch–Cache
Forest Service areas	Desert Biosphere Reserve
National Wildlife Refuges	Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge Fish Springs Ouray
National Conservation Areas	Beaver Dam Wash John Wesley Powell Red Cliffs
BLM National Monuments	Bears Ears Grand Staircase–Escalante Jurassic National Monument
U.S. Wilderness Areas	Ashdown Gorge Beartrap Canyon Beaver Dam Mountains Black Ridge Canyons Blackridge Box-Death Hollow Canaan Mountain Cedar Mountain Cottonwood Canyon Cottonwood Forest Cougar Canyon Dark Canyon Deep Creek Deep Creek North Deseret Peak Doc's Pass Goose Creek High Uintas LaVerkin Creek Lone Peak Mount Naomi Mount Nebo Mount Olympus Mount Timpanogos Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Pine Valley Mountain Red Butte Red Mountains Slaughter Creek Taylor Creek Twin Peaks Wellsville Mountain Zion
Wild and Scenic Rivers	Green River Virgin River

State

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Protected areas of Wyoming

Federal

National parks	Grand Teton Yellowstone
National monuments	Devils Tower Fossil Butte
National Historic Sites	Fort Laramie
National Historic Trails	California Trail Mormon Trail Oregon Trail Pony Express
National Wildlife Refuges	Bamforth Cokeville Meadows Elk Hutton Lake Jackson Fish Hatchery Mortenson Lake Pathfinder Seedskadee
National recreation areas	Bighorn Canyon Flaming Gorge (USFS)
National forests	Ashley Bighorn Bridger–Teton Caribou–Targhee Medicine Bow–Routt Shoshone
National grasslands	Thunder Basin
Wilderness Areas	Absaroka–Beartooth Bridger Cloud Peak Encampment River Fitzpatrick Gros Ventre Huston Park Jedediah Smith North Absaroka Platte River Popo Agie Savage Run Teton Washakie Winegar Hole
Wild and Scenic Rivers	Clarks Fork Yellowstone River Niobrara River Snake River
Former	Jackson Hole National Monument