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Welcome to Red Desert ...

Red Desert is located in Sweetwater County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Red Desert, you might consider that their post office opened in 1876.

Red Desert is 6,740 feet [2,054 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Red Desert is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Red Desert lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Red Desert: 307

Communities near Red Desert ...

We have created a list of 6 communities that are near Red Desert.

  • Wamsutter
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Tipton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Tipton is located in Sweetwater County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton
  • Table Rock
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Table Rock is located in Sweetwater County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Table Rock
  • Creston
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Creston is located in Sweetwater County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
  • Bitter Creek
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Bitter Creek is located in Sweetwater County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bitter Creek
  • Riner
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Riner is located in Sweetwater County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riner

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Red Desert ...

Looking for more information about Red Desert? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Red Desert, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Red Desert.

Adding Red Desert to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Red Desert in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Red Desert was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Red Desert post office opened in 1876. The Red Desert post office closed in 1876.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Red Desert.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wyoming's counties, including Sweetwater, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Red Desert - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/