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John Wesley Powell made an adventurous ascent to it's summit, on his famous canyon explorations. His companion's "drawers" came in handy for John. He named it Echo Rock.
Fun drive down an easy, graded but windy Jeep road to get to Echo Park. But the view at this beautiful bend is of the Green River is worth coming back to.
Be ready for an adventurous road! It’s quite the jaunt to get to Dinosaur National Monument in far northwest Colorado. Once you are headed into the heart of the park you climb the uplift high over the canyon of the Green and Yampa rivers. About halfway to the high point you turn east and dive down the dugway to the benches of the Yampa River. Look up dugway and decide if you are stouthearted enough to drive this steep, switchback, two way, dirt road. Check the weather! Impassable when wet is no joke. Once down you meander through spectacular canyon geology that was carved by the Yampa River as the land rose around it. At the end of the road is Steamboat Rock. It marks the confluence of the Yampa and the Green. More of a mountainside, really. Hike just a little ways to the confluence. We were there in the fall and the cottonwoods just added to the beauty. We would have stayed in the beautiful but primitive campground but, rain was coming so we climbed back out and headed for Utah. Totally worth the trip. I have a thing for headwaters and confluences and this is one of the best!
