There S Something Unusual About This Enchanting Spot In Wyoming

There’s something very unusual about this enchanting spot in Wyoming. Between North Oregon Butte and Bridger Pass, the Continental Divide splits and forms a ring around a desert-like area known as the Great Divide Basin. The basin is made up of sagebrush, mountains, badlands, sand dunes and unprotected wildlife.

Flickr/Jimmy Emerson, DVM The Great Divide Basin is a large portion of land in Wyoming’s Red Desert. The unique thing about this basin area is that there is no outlet to either the Pacific Ocean or the Atlantic Ocean for the water that falls and flows here.

Wikipedia/Pfly Here’s a map showing the major Continental Divides throughout North America.The Great Divide Basin is located along the Continental Divide

Flickr/SkyTruth Pictured is a satellite image of Rawlins. The dark lines running through the middle of the image are Interstate 80 and the Union Pacific Railroad.The Great Divide Basin is just west of Rawlins.

Flickr/Mats Skölving Pictured is the old dusty Lincoln Highway. This highway runs through and along the Great Divide Basin.

Flickr/Mats Skölving The Diagnus Well in the Great Divide Basin is a grant funded project that provides water for wildlife and livestock in the dry and barren landscape.

Flickr/Bureau of Land Management The Ferris Mountains are a small mountain range located in Carbon County. Ferris Peak is the highest point in the Great Divide Basin. The peak rises to a height of 10,037 feet.

Wikimedia/MONGO Check out the rock formations in the Great Divide Basin. Look at the contrasting hues throughout the rock.

Flickr/James St. John The hill in this picture represents a volcanic center in the eastern Leucite Hills called Black Rock. This once active area is found along the Great Divide Basin.

Flickr/James St. John Spring Butte is another volcanic center located in southwestern Wyoming’s Leucite Hills. This is another feature found along the Great Divide Basin.

Flickr/Jimmy Emerson, DVM This monument is in memory of Henry B. Joy who was the first president of the Lincoln Highway which was the first transcontinental road. The monument was originally located in the Great Divide Basin near Rawlins. It was later moved to the Summit rest stop on I 80 just east of Laramie, Wyoming.

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Flickr/Jimmy Emerson, DVM

The Great Divide Basin is a large portion of land in Wyoming’s Red Desert. The unique thing about this basin area is that there is no outlet to either the Pacific Ocean or the Atlantic Ocean for the water that falls and flows here.

Wikipedia/Pfly

Here’s a map showing the major Continental Divides throughout North America.The Great Divide Basin is located along the Continental Divide

Flickr/SkyTruth

Pictured is a satellite image of Rawlins. The dark lines running through the middle of the image are Interstate 80 and the Union Pacific Railroad.The Great Divide Basin is just west of Rawlins.

Flickr/Mats Skölving

Pictured is the old dusty Lincoln Highway. This highway runs through and along the Great Divide Basin.

The Diagnus Well in the Great Divide Basin is a grant funded project that provides water for wildlife and livestock in the dry and barren landscape.

Flickr/Bureau of Land Management

The Ferris Mountains are a small mountain range located in Carbon County. Ferris Peak is the highest point in the Great Divide Basin. The peak rises to a height of 10,037 feet.

Wikimedia/MONGO

Check out the rock formations in the Great Divide Basin. Look at the contrasting hues throughout the rock.

Flickr/James St. John

The hill in this picture represents a volcanic center in the eastern Leucite Hills called Black Rock. This once active area is found along the Great Divide Basin.

Spring Butte is another volcanic center located in southwestern Wyoming’s Leucite Hills. This is another feature found along the Great Divide Basin.

This monument is in memory of Henry B. Joy who was the first president of the Lincoln Highway which was the first transcontinental road. The monument was originally located in the Great Divide Basin near Rawlins. It was later moved to the Summit rest stop on I 80 just east of Laramie, Wyoming.

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