Red Desert Wildlife
Red Desert Virtual Tour: Great Divide Basin and Adobe Town


Located in south central Wyoming, the 2.5 million acre Great Divide Basin is an area of sand dunes and alkali flats. There is no river outlet from the basin to either the Atlantic or Pacific Oceans.
Great Divide Basin

Great Divide Basin


Red Creek

Red Creek


Sunset

Sunset Over the Great Divide Basin



Adobe Town is a high desert with a long, low ridge of oddly shaped sandstone. Some formations look like Pueblo dwellings, others look like the Sphinx or Chartres. Native dwellers include the mountain plover and ferruginous hawks, sage grouse and prairie dogs.
Adobe Town

Adobe Town Rim



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Related Resources

  • Hostile Beauty - Few people outside of Wyoming know about the Red Desert, and that's partly why this national treasure is in jeopardy.

  • Red Desert Wildlife Field Guide - This online field guide highlights the wonderful wildlife of the Red Desert.

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