Red Desert (Wyoming) - Wikipedia
The Red Desert is a high-altitude desert and sagebrush steppe located in the south-central portion of the U.S. state of Wyoming, comprising approximately 9,320 square miles (24,100 square kilometers).
Visit This Mysterious Red Desert in Wyoming - HWY.CO
Jul 24, 2022 · The Red Desert is approximately 9,320 square miles, stretching from Rawlins to Rock Springs, WY. It sits 6,000 feet above sea level. Although it doesn’t compare in size to the country’s largest desert, the nearly 250,000 square-mile Chihuahuan Desert spanning through southern New Mexico, eastern Arizona, and portions of southwest Texas ...
The Red Desert - National Wildlife Federation
The Red Desert of southern Wyoming is one of the last high-desert ecosystems in North America. Its varied landscape of buttes, dunes, sagebrush steppe, mountains, and rocky pinnacles is home to some of the continent's most hidden treasures.
Citizens for the Red Desert – Wyomings Heart of the West
The northern Red Desert is Wyoming’s wild west heritage. A place where sweeping vistas, iconic landforms, big game, cultural sites and diverse wildlife abound. Explore. Tribal nations, hunters, outfitters, hikers, wilderness lovers, and wildlife enthusiasts all boast of deep connections to the Red Desert. The opportunities for exploration are ...
Untouched: The Wonders of the Red Desert - Wyoming Wildlife Federation
Lying in the heart of Wyoming is the Red Desert. This high-elevation desert offers a diverse array of landscapes, from vibrant badlands to life-supporting springs. This area is one of the largest strongholds of undeveloped land in the lower 48 states.
Is Wyoming's Red Desert A Wilderness Or A Wasteland?
Oct 16, 2015 · The southern Wyoming’s Red Desert is treasured for different reasons by different people. For some, it should be left alone for its natural beauty. For others, it should be open to use for its bountiful resources like its natural gas and livestock grazing.
The Red Zone: Wyoming's Red Desert - Backpacker
Oct 1, 2008 · Since that time, the Red Desert—a 9,375-square-mile labyrinth of canyons, hoodoos, mesas, and dunes—has seen very few visitors. Today, there are only a handful of rutted jeep roads and no trails, signage, or directional markers. And not a drop of water.
Wyoming Chronicle | Understanding the Red Desert - PBS
Dec 26, 2014 · Wyoming Chronicle travels to the Red Desert to understand the beauty, land use and challenges of managing the 9,000-plus square miles that make up this high altitude desert and sagebrush steppe...
Cultural Lands – Citizens for the Red Desert
The Shoshone and the Ute tribes were among the first to develop horse-based commerce that stretched for miles across the Great Basin of Wyoming currently known today as the Red Desert. The area is the ancestral hunting grounds for many …
Geology – Citizens for the Red Desert
HOME TO NORTH AMERICA’S LARGEST LIVING SAND DUNES, ANCIENT INLAND SEAS, AND RARE STONES. The landscapes and landforms in Wyoming’s Northern Red Desert tell a dramatic story of Earth’s recent to very ancient processes. North Table Mountain. Image.