RV travel guide
Sweetwater County
County seat Green River, 10,491 sq mi across Wyoming. Everything an RV traveler should read before rolling in — where you can boondock, the roads worth the detour, and the local rule that actually matters.
The county in brief
A traveler's read on Sweetwater County
Sweetwater is the largest Wyoming county by area (10,491 sq mi) and holds the Red Desert — a 9,000-sq-mi sagebrush sea that is one of the largest unfenced areas in the contiguous US, with the Continental Divide splitting around the Great Divide Basin to enclose a no-outlet drainage. The Wild Horse Scenic Loop Tour east of Rock Springs holds the highest population density of free-roaming wild horses on BLM-managed land in the lower 48.
Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area straddles the Wyoming-Utah line and runs 91 miles of reservoir RV-friendly shoreline with concessioner-operated full-hookup loops at Buckboard Crossing and Lucerne Valley. Rock Springs (population 23,036) is the only Interstate 80 corridor town with big-box grocery between Rawlins and Evanston.
RV travel intelligence
Read the land before you roll in
The three things that shape an RV trip here — where you can boondock, the roads worth the detour, and the local rule that trips travelers up.
Dispersed camping
high
High — most public land permits dispersed
Nearby National Park Service units
Fossil Butte NM (western reach)
Scenic drives & state byways
Flaming Gorge-Uintas Scenic Byway US-191 · Wild Horse Scenic Loop Tour (BLM Rock Springs)
Ordinance note for RV travelers
BLM Rock Springs FO permits 14-day dispersed across most Red Desert lands; Flaming Gorge NRA developed campgrounds enforce reservation requirements May-September.
Sourced & cited
Every fact traces to an official source
Population and land area from the US Census; ordinances and park adjacency from county.gov, the National Park Service, and the US Forest Service.
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Wyoming rules · last verified 2026-05-10
- Rental tax
- 7.00%
- Min driver age
- 16+ std · 21+ Class A
- Gravel roads
- Allowed — no restriction
- Generator quiet
- 22:00-08:00
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