 Occupying both Wyoming and Montana, Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area is an awe-inspiring park. The recreation area is host to Bighorn Canyon, Bighorn Lake, Yellowtail Dam, and many amazing views. Bighorn National Recreation Area is more than 68,000 acres in size. Many of the cliffs found within the canyon itself rise to 1,000 feet. Visitors and recreationists can travel by boat or by one of the many trails of view wildlife, wildflowers, or landscapes. The recreation area has been used for thousands of years. Paleo Indians were the first to use the area. Bad Pass Trail, for example, is estimated to have been used for over 10,000 years. First by early Native Americans and then with its most recent use by fur traders and American settlers. There's a wide variety of flora and fauna found within the recreation area too. Plant communities representative of the Great Basin, Great Plains, and Rocky Mountains grow here. Wildlife include Bighorn sheep, mule deer, elk, and blackbears. A wide variety of birds and reptiles can also be spotted. Stretching nearly 71 miles long, there's plenty of room to explore and visit Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area. A good place to start is the Visitor Center in Lovell, Wyoming. From the University of Wyoming Extension, I'm Brian Sebade, Exploring the Nature of Wyoming.