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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Green River

4 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Green River, Utah

Updated October 17, 2019

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Goblin Valley State Park

Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."

Green River, Utah

Buckhorn Wash Pictograph Panel

This gallery of prehistoric red ochre art lines the wall of a scenic segment in Utah's San Rafael Swell.

Green River, Utah

Elgin Cemetery Sentimental Statues

A cemetery full of touching tombstones from a community of railroad workers, uranium miners, and Cold War missile launchers.

Green River, Utah

John Wesley Powell River History Museum

Contains a wealth of information about the first exploration and later use of the Green and Colorado Rivers.
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Sego Canyon Rock Art

Thousands of years ago, Indigenous people painted images onto these canyon walls that are still on display today, provocative, mysterious, and enduring reminders of the people who lived here long ago.
24 miles from Green River

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Sego, Utah

A ghost town that held steady longer than most, but finally gave up the ghost.
24 miles from Green River
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