|
Northern Utah |
Gorgeous Gorge
| Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area Details | Directions: Take Highway 191 north from Vernal, Utah
and come to a junction. Highway 44 heads west and Highway 191 continues
north-east. Both go there. All roads lead to Flaming Gorge.
Hours: 24-7 Pets: allowed. Main attractions: hiking, wildlife, scenic driving |
Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area is a blue-green necklace surrounded by cliffs in northeastern Utah. Damming the mighty Green River that flows from Wyoming in the north through Utah created this playground that caters mostly to fishers and boaters. At the Red Canyon overlook, a rocky lip hangs over Flaming Gorge's southern rim. It's down, down, down from the Red Canyon rim trail to the water, all 1500 hundred feet of evergreen trees and sharp cliffs.
The Red Canyon rim trail is a pleasant walk among the cool aspens and pines of Ashley National Forest. If you're lucky like us, you'll glimpse some of the local residents, like garter snakes and hawks and a band of mule deer. And if you're unlucky like us, you'll hear the gunshot blasts of hunters and scream all the way back to your car.
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Near Vernal
|
Playing in the Green River near Vernal, Utah |
| The Green River flows for hundreds of miles beyond this canyon | 
|
 |
Multi-coloured rock layers in the background look like Neapolitan ice cream. The dark purple rock layer known as the Morrison formation has been a good source of dinosaur fossils. |
Around town
 |
 |
 |
| In the historic district in Ogden, Utah | The city park in Price, Utah | Nice tile on this building in historic Helper, Utah which is going to be the next hot destination |
|
Back to Noir's Southwest Page |