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This is a land that time forgot. From Yellowtail Dam across the Bighorn River in Montana to the 47 river-miles of Bighorn Lake, the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area rewards the visitor with spectacular scenery.
This section of the sparsely vegetated West is a geologist's delight, since textbook examples of the earth's changing face stand out sharply, testimony to earth forces which have distorted and bowed the once-level layers of rock into immense walls.
Upstream from the dam, the Bighorn River slices deep through the mountains. Spectacular nearly half-mile high cliffs loom over the river. These and other colorful cliffs lining the canyon contain fossils, relics of when this region was a shallow sea, a coastal area of tropical marshes and dinosaur inhabited conifer forests. A paved highway, with frequent turn-outs, takes the visitor through the wild horse range and to Bighorn Canyon.
The largest active dune field in North America (yup, right here in Wyoming), the Killpecker Dunes total nearly 109,000 acres (three times the size of our nation's capital) in the Red Desert and stretch 150 miles each from the Green River Basin across the Continental Divide and into the Great Divide Basin. For those unfamiliar with the intricacies of Wyoming geography, they're generally in the southwestern part of the state. read more
When you gaze up at the Tetons, you’ll feel awe-struck. There’s no place like Grand Teton National Park, with its spectacular scenery and wildlife woven together by the Snake River. read more
