Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area

Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
Flaming Gorge Reservoir with namesake red sandstone cliffs.

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; -109.42139Coordinates: 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 located in the states of Wyoming and Utah. The recreation centerpiece of the area is the 91 miles (146 km) long Flaming Gorge Reservoir.

History

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.

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

Uses

Power

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

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

Activities in the recreation area include camping, 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

External links

Media related to Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area at Wikimedia Commons
Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area travel guide from Wikivoyage
Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area USFS website
usgs.gov: Geology of the Flaming Gorge area

National Recreation Areas of the United States

Administered by the National Park Service	Amistad Big South Fork Bighorn Canyon Boston Harbor Islands Chattahoochee River Chickasaw Curecanti Delaware Water Gap Gateway Gauley River Glen Canyon Golden Gate Lake Chelan Lake Mead Lake Meredith Lake Roosevelt Mississippi Ross Lake Santa Monica Mountains Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity

Administered by the US Forest Service	Allegheny Arapaho Ed Jenkins Flaming Gorge Grand Island Hells Canyon Jemez Land Between The Lakes Moosalamoo Mount Baker Mount Hood Mount Rogers Oregon Dunes Pine Ridge Rattlesnake Sawtooth Smith River Spring Mountains Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity White Rocks Winding Stair Mountain

Administered by the Bureau of Land Management	White Mountains

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 Site	Golden Spike

National Recreation Area	Glen Canyon

National Historic Trail	Mormon Pioneer

National Forests	Ashley Caribou-Targhee Dixie Fishlake Manti-La Sal Sawtooth Uinta-Wasatch-Cache

Forest Service areas	Desert Biosphere Reserve Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area

National Wildlife Refuges	Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge Fish Springs Ouray

National Conservation Areas	Beaver Dam Wash Red Cliffs

BLM National Monument	Grand Staircase-Escalante

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

State

State Parks Northern Region	Antelope Island Bear Lake Camp Floyd/Stagecoach Inn Deer Creek East Canyon Flight Park Great Salt Lake Historic Union Pacific Rail Trail Hyrum Jordan River OHV Park Jordanelle Red Fleet Rockport Starvation Steinaker Utah Field House of Natural History Utah Lake Wasatch Mountain Willard Bay

State Parks Central Region	Fremont Indian Goblin Valley Green River Huntington Millsite Palisade Scofield Territorial Statehouse Yuba

State Parks Southern Region	Anasazi Coral Pink Sand Dunes Dead Horse Point Edge of the Cedars Escalante Petrified Forest Frontier Homestead Goosenecks Gunlock Kodachrome Basin Otter Creek Piute Quail Creek Sand Hollow Snow Canyon

Utah State Parks and Recreation

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 Hutton Lake Mortenson Lake Pathfinder Seedskadee National Elk Refuge Jackson National Fish Hatchery

National Recreation Areas:	Bighorn Canyon Flaming Gorge (USFS)

National Forests:	Ashley Bighorn Bridger-Teton Medicine Bow - Routt Shoshone Caribou-Targhee

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

State

State Parks:	Bear River Boysen Buffalo Bill Curt Gowdy Edness K. Wilkins Glendo Guernsey Hawk Springs Hot Springs Keyhole Seminoe Sinks Canyon

State Historical Sites:	Ames Monument Connor Battlefield Fort Bridger Fort Fetterman Fort Fred Steele Fort Phil Kearny Granger Stage Station Governors' Mansion Independence Rock Legend Rock Names Hill Oregon Trail Ruts Piedmont Charcoal Kilns Point of Rocks Stage Station Register Cliff South Pass City Trail End Pioneer Memorial Museum Territorial Park Medicine Lodge

County

County Parks:	Ayres Natural Bridge

Wyoming Division of State Parks and Historic Sites (web)

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