Tongue River

Tongue River flowing through Tongue River Canyon near Dayton, Wyoming

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Tongue River Canyon on the eastern side of Wyoming's Big Horn Mountains is one of those "hidden gems". Why the state of Wyoming does not advertise and promote this scenic drive is beyond me. We found out about this awesome canyon through some professional photographs we saw online. I did some digging when the pictures were identified as being in the Tongue River Canyon. I was able to find the Tongue River on a map, then finally some sketchy information on Google. It must be a secret that Wyoming only wants locals to know about. We stayed in a Peter "D's" RV-Park in Sheridan while enjoying this Tongue River Canyon Scenic Drive. You can do some Googling to find more information about the canyon but the information will be scarce. You enter the canyon from US-14 in Dayton, Wyoming. Take CR (County Road)-92 north off US-14. Follow CR-92 to the end. That is the road that will take you into the canyon where these pictures were taken. CR-92 follows the north side of the Tongue River. There is another road in Dayton named the Tongue River Road. It may be somewhat scenic but it does not take you into the canyon where these pictures were taken. The Tongue River Road was along the south side of the river.

Small bridge over the Tongue River in Tongue River Canyon near Dayton, Wyoming

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We did not drive across this bridge since it went to a private residence on the other side of the river. It was actually very sturdy, however, it isn't what we are used to driving across.

 

 

 

 

Cliffs high above the Tongue River in Tongue River Canyon near Dayton, Wyoming

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It is awesome to contemplate how this small river carved its way through those sandstone cliffs that now tower over the small river and canyon cut by the relatively small Tongue River.

Cliffs high above the Tongue River in Tongue River Canyon near Dayton, Wyoming

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Tongue River is flowing a few feet to the left of the road (CR-92) in this picture. These vertical cliffs simply rise from the river in the Tongue River Canyon a few miles west of Dayton, Wyoming on US-14. I know you can not see it but that narrow road into the canyon is between the river and that cliff.

 

 

Cliffs climb right out of the Tongue River in Tongue River Canyon near Dayton, Wyoming

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

View from that bridge across the Tongue River in Tongue River Canyon, west of Dayton, Wyoming.

Tongue River flowing past the trail head at the end of CR-92 in Tongue River Canyon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tongue River at the trailhead on CR-92 in Tongue River Canyon a few miles west of Dayton, Wyoming.

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