Flaming Gorge-Uintas National Scenic Byway
Flaming Gorge-Uintas National Scenic Byway is a National Scenic Byway in Utah. Within Utah it covers roughly 80 miles. The map below shows its route. Use “Plan a drive” to open it in the Road Sorties route planner — already routing along Flaming Gorge-Uintas National Scenic Byway with scenic roads turned on, ready to add your own stops.
Running US-191 and State Route 44 between Vernal and the Wyoming line, this byway climbs the north slope of the Uinta Mountains — the highest range in the lower 48 that runs east–west — and drops to the brilliant blue-green water of Flaming Gorge Reservoir. John Wesley Powell named the gorge in 1869 for the fiery red Uinta sandstone walls that rise above the Green River. A spur on the Sheep Creek Geological Loop exposes hundreds of millions of years of upturned rock layers in a few miles.
- Flaming Gorge Reservoir
- Green River
- Sheep Creek Geological Loop
- Uinta Mountains
- US-191 / SR-44
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What is a National Scenic Byway?
National Scenic Byways are roads recognized at the federal level for at least one outstanding quality — scenic, natural, historic, cultural, archaeological or recreational — that gives travelers a reason to seek them out rather than just pass through.