Master Index    Nearest Caches Red Creek Basin by Me & Bucky (2.5/2) N41° 06.122  W109° 13.002 (WGS84) UTM  12T   E 649750  N 4551616 Use waypoint: GC17YF3 Size: Not chosen    Hidden on 12/14/2007 In WY, United States Difficulty:     Terrain:   Add cache to watch list Log your visit Google Maps Picture Gallery This Earthcache site is located a couple hundred feet off of U.S. 191 at an overlook of the Red Creek Basin. The view in this basin has been deemed special enough that this area has been set aside by the Bureau of Land Management as the Greater Red Creek Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC), and is managed for its visual esthetics. Erosion has caused the stunning views in this basin. The Red Creek Badlands are located to the east of this site, the Teepee Mountains are to the southeast, and the Richards Mountains are to the southwest. Richards Gap, through which Red Creek flows and drains the entire basin, is to the south. Red Creek is sustained by numerous springs in the basin, along with precipitation from winter snows and seasonal rains. The drainage to the immediate south is Ely Creek, which begins as a spring just below the highway. Ely Creek is usually a dry wash on the surface, but subsurface waters flow until Ely Creek meets Red Creek about 3.5 miles to the southeast of this site. The elevation where the creeks come together is 6580’. Red Creek then continues flowing to the southwest for approximately 5 miles, until it flows through Richards Gap at 6320’. Eventually, Red Creek flows into the Green River. To log this cache, email me with the answers to the following questions: 1) Take an elevational reading at this point and tell me what the vertical difference is between this overlook, and the intersection of Red Creek and Ely Creek. 2) Using the elevations given, how many feet does the creek drop between the intersection of Red Creek and Ely Creek, and Richards Gap? What is the slope of the creek in this distance? 3) Take a picture with you and your GPS receiver with the Red Creek Basin in the background. Post your picture with your log when you log your find. The above information was compiled from the following source: Spearing, D. and D. Lageson. 1988. Roadside Geology of Wyoming.

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3/21/2009 by doglover3pups
What a beautiful area. Thanks for bring us here. TFTC

[This entry was edited by doglover3pups on Sunday, March 22, 2009 at 7:56:32 PM.]

11/26/2008 by doc-tom
Nice view. Answers to the questions have been sent. I was here about 3:15 PM

10/18/2008 by Squib-C-kers
On a trip through Vernal into Flaming Gorge and then on to Green River. It was nice to stop, and stretch our legs. TFTC
Email on its way.

7/19/2008 by Lord Mot
Found today with 7 while on a great road trip. Answers sent by him, but I can send them too if needed. Thanks for placing this cache. Beautiful area.

7/19/2008 by 7ofclubs
Grabbed this one with Lord Mot while I was in the area. The view from this overlook is absolutely specatular and well worth the trip. In the waning light the area to the north looked like a painting. TFTEC.