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Hiking in the Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area offers
hikers a variety of landscapes and routes. The Utah portion
of the recreation area has dramatic, steep-walled canyons
and high forested mountains. The Wyoming portion includes
wide-open high desert terrain. Elevations range between 7,000
and 9,000 feet in elevation. Summer thundershowers with lightning
can occur. Late spring, summer, and early fall are best if
you want to avoid snow and winter storms. Higher elevations
closer to the mountains tend to be rockier; lower elevations
may have occasional clumps of cacti.
Hiked
Check our personal notes for detailed descriptions of these trails:
| Canyon Rim Trail |
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10 miles round trip |
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Easy |
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Either the Red Canyon Visitor Center to the Greendale Rest Area. |
| Description: |
This is along the Red Canyon, from the Red Canyon Visitor Center to the Greendale Rest Area. The trail follows the rim of the canyon for about one mile to the Canyon Rim Campground and offers spectacular views of 1,400 foot deep Red Canyon. The loop section between the Canyon Rim and Greens Lake campgrounds parallels the rim on the north side and passes Greens Lake next to Red Canyon Lodge on the south. The remainder of the trail goes through open ponderosa pine and aspen forests. |
| Dowd Mountain Trail |
| Distance: |
10 miles round trip |
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Moderate |
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The trailhead is at the beginning of the Dowd Mountain Road off of Utah 44, 14 miles south of Manila, at milepost 13.9. |
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This loop route is a combination of trails and dirt roads. If offers outstanding views of Flaming Gorge and the western portions of the lake from the Dowd Mountain Overlook. |
| Little Hole National Recreation Trail |
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Not Hiked
- Bear Canyon/Bootleg Trail
- Death Valley
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- Elk Park Trail
- Swett Ranch Trail
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