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Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area. with namesake red sandstone cliffs. / 40.91444°N 109.42139°W / 40.91444; -109.42139. 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 .
Flaming Gorge Reservoir is the largest reservoir in Wyoming, on the Green River, impounded behind the Flaming Gorge Dam. Construction on the dam began in 1958 and was completed in 1964. The reservoir stores 3,788,900 acre-feet (4.6735 × 10 9 m 3) of water when measured at an elevation of 6,040 feet (1,841 m) above sea-level (maximum).
Flaming Gorge Dam is a concrete thin- arch dam on the Green River, a major tributary of the Colorado River, in northern Utah in the United States. Flaming Gorge Dam forms the Flaming Gorge Reservoir, which extends 91 miles (146 km) into southern Wyoming, submerging four distinct gorges of the Green River. The dam is a major component of the ...
The Flaming Geyser State Park is located on the Green River in southwestern King County, Washington, near the city of Black Diamond. [ 2][ 3] The park was named for a flame which burned through a concrete basin, fueled by a methane gas pocket 1,000 feet (300 m) below the surface. When the pocket was discovered by prospective coal miners in the ...
The Green is a large, deep, powerful river. It ranges from 100 to 300 feet (30 to 100 m) wide in the upper course and from 300 to 1,500 feet (91 to 457 m) wide in its lower course, and from 3 to 50 feet (0.91 to 15.24 m) in depth. It is navigable by small craft throughout its course and by large motorboats upstream to Flaming Gorge Dam.
Ashley National Forest is a National Forest located in northeastern Utah and southwestern Wyoming. Within the Forest's bounds are 1,382,346 acres (5,594 km 2) (with 1,287,909 acres (5,212 km 2) in Utah and 96,223 acres (389 km 2) in Wyoming) of vast forests, lakes, and mountains, with elevations ranging from 6,000 to 13,500 feet (1,800 to 4,100 ...
Flaming Gorge, Utah. / 40.88917°N 109.47583°W / 40.88917; -109.47583. Flaming Gorge is a census-designated place in Daggett County, Utah, United States. The population was 83 at the 2010 census .
The Flaming Gorge - Uintas Scenic Byway is a National Scenic Byway in the state of Utah.It spans approximately 80 miles (130 km) as it travels from Vernal, Utah northward through the Ashley National Forest and the Uintah Mountains to the area around Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area in the northeastern corner of the state.