Print it. Bag it. Bring it.Phones die, screens crack, and most of this water has no signal. Print this map, fold it into a zip-top bag or dry bag with your license, and you have a backup your electronics can’t give you. Every marker is numbered so you can say exactly where you are.
| # | Point | Type | Lat, Lon | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fontenelle Dam Bureau of Reclamation · NID WY01389 | Dam / hazard | 42.02795, -110.06134 | Head of the tailwater. Releases from Fontenelle Reservoir set the flow for the whole Seedskadee reach. |
| 2 | USGS 09211200 — Green River below Fontenelle Reservoir USGS gauging station | USGS gauge | 42.02097, -110.04981 | About a mile below the dam; the cable crossing here is a named regulation boundary. |
| 3 | Fontenelle Dam to the USGS gauge cable crossing Wyoming Area 4 · lower limit | Regulation section limit | 42.02097, -110.04981 | Lower limit of the special-regulation section below Fontenelle Dam, at the gauge cable crossing by Weeping Rocks. Check the current Wyoming regulations before you fish it. |
| 4 | Lower Farson Cutoff Road County road crossing | Bridge crossing | 41.98031, -110.04553 | First road crossing below the dam. Roughly where the regulations put the Sweetwater County Road 8 bridge, but the OSM name does not match, so treat the two as separate until confirmed. |
| 5 | Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge US Fish & Wildlife Service | Park / conservation area | 41.84700, -109.86083 | The refuge follows about 36 river miles of the Green. Its named accesses — Weeping Rock, Dodge Bottom, Lombard Ferry, Slate Creek — are not in OpenStreetMap and USFWS publishes no coordinates, so this point is the refuge itself. |
| 6 | Highway 28 Wyoming 28 | Bridge crossing | 41.88155, -109.80836 | State highway crossing in the middle of the refuge reach. |
| 7 | Big Island Road County road crossing | Bridge crossing | 41.76437, -109.73529 | |
| 8 | Pioneer Trails Picnic Grounds Riverside picnic ground | Park / conservation area | 41.67849, -109.65364 | |
| 9 | Highway 374 Wyoming 374 | Bridge crossing | 41.55548, -109.59078 | Crossing upstream of the town of Green River. |
| 10 | Sweetwater County Picnic Grounds County picnic ground | Park / conservation area | 41.55410, -109.52770 | |
| 11 | Tollgate Rock Bluff above the town of Green River | Point of interest | 41.54402, -109.48288 | The landmark bluff over the river at Green River; useful for placing yourself on the town reach. |
| 12 | Thomas Moran Park Town of Green River | Park / conservation area | 41.53700, -109.48043 | |
| 13 | Island Park Town of Green River · on the river | Park / conservation area | 41.52302, -109.47062 | |
| 14 | Scotts Bottom Park Green River · Scott's Bottom nature area | Park / conservation area | 41.49250, -109.43937 | Lowest point on the sheet; below here the river backs into Flaming Gorge. |
Gauge: USGS 09211200 — Green River below Fontenelle Reservoir, WY. Live flow on the web page.
Species: Brown Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Kokanee Salmon, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout
Regulations: wgfd.wyo.gov/Regulations/Fish/Fishing-Regulation
Emergency: call 911 and give the number of the nearest point on this map plus its coordinates.
Green River Lakes and the Upper Green (Bridger-Teton National Forest): headwater camping and wade access.
Warren Bridge Access Area: Wyoming Game and Fish corridor with numerous river access points and campsites.
Daniel and Sommers Bridge: valley accesses for float trips through the ranch water.
Fontenelle Dam tailwater access: the top of the cold-water reach, immediately below the dam.
Weeping Rock and Tailrace: BLM campgrounds and boat access in the tailwater.
Names Hill and Slate Creek: lower tailwater accesses toward the Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge.
March through May: tailwater fishes well before runoff; the upper river is high and cold.
June: runoff on the freestone reaches, tailwater stays fishable and often excellent.
July through September: the full river is in play, stoneflies early, hoppers and terrestrials later.
October through February: the tailwater keeps fishing all winter, midges and streamers, almost nobody there.