Flaming Gorge
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Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area was established by Congress October 1, 1968. The area contains 207,363 acres of land and water which are almost equally divided between Utah and Wyoming. Rising 502 feet above bedrock, Flaming Gorge Dam holds back the Green River to form Flaming Gorge Reservoir, which extends as far as 91 miles to the north. The reservoir has a total capacity of 3,788,900 acre-feet. At full elevation of 6,045 feet, it has a surface area of 42,020 acres. The reservoir provides wide-ranging recreational activities such as power-boating, water skiing, camping, swimming, parasailing, rafting, and fishing. The lake is famous for its trophy trout fishing, and for the beautiful red rock mountains rising around it. Below the lake, the Green River is well-known for trout fishing and rafting. |