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This viewpoint, just a short walk outside Canyon Rim Campground, offers impressive lookouts down into Red Canyon, with the Flaming Gorge Reservior, created from the Green River, in its depths. If you're up for hiking a couple miles northwest, the views get even better.

This overlook is famous for its wildflowers, which sprouted in profusion following a decades-past wildfire. You also get nice views into the nearby valley. You can't see all the way into Red Canyon from here, but you can hike there along the Canyon Rim Trail, and it's well worth it for the views.

Whether you're coming from the visitor center to the northwest, or staying at the Canyon Rim Campground to the southeast, this is one of several particularly great viewpoints along the Canyon Rim Trail.

This visitor center is a great place to get oriented to Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area. You can also enjoy spectacular views into 1,400-foot deep Red Canyon just a short walk to the north, or southeast along the Canyon Rim Trail.

At the Swelter Shelter site, you can explore a large number of different petroglyphs (carvings) and pictograms (paintings) on the surrounding rock walls. The hike to the site is just a 400 feet roundtrip from Cub Creek Road. The rock art was created by the ancestral indigenous people of the region, but the Swelter Shelter has been used by older cultures dating to as early as 7000 BCE.

The Green River Campground is one of two campgrounds situated along the Green River. You will find a large number of nice campsite with picnic benches and fire pit, some of them with access to the river. The River Trail at the north side of the campground connects the Green River Campground to the Split Mountain Campground further north.

Over one mile, the River Trail connects the Green River Campground with the Split Mountain Campground further north. It leads along the shore of the majestic Green River and treats you with beautiful views of Split Mountain. If you like to go on a longer hike, you can continue along the Desert Voices Trail which itself connects to the Sound of Silence Trail.

The Sound of Silence Trail is a 3.2-mile roundtrip with about 400 feet elevation change. It winds through an intermittent creek bed, a so-called wash, and shows you the diverse geology with rock layers, desert badlands and steep slickrock. You will be treated with excellent views of Split Mountain and an area called the Racetrack. Some sections of the trail can be difficult to navigate. If you like to extend your hike, take the short connector trail to combine this trail with the Desert Voices loop trail.