Paddling near Rock Springs, WY

Anchoring Sweetwater County in southwest Wyoming, Rock Springs opens onto a high-desert paddling region with options from beginner flatwater to multi-day expeditions. The marquee draw is Flaming Gorge Reservoir, roughly 50 miles south — a 91-mile-long, red-rock-walled lake with about 350 miles of shoreline. Closer in, the Green River Whitewater Park at Expedition Island and the Class I water of Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge round out the scene.