Echo Park, a cliff-rimmed alcove of meadows and trees, where the Green and Yampa Rivers meet. "Park" is a name often used around here for an open place between canyon walls or high mountains.

Echo Park's campground.

In the mid-50s, the National Park Service embarked on a project to upgrade park facilities to meet increasing visitation.

Petroglyphs (scratched or carved designs)

- probably made by the Fremont people about 1,000 years ago. Using sharp tools, they pecked away the dark "desert varnish", a natural stain on the rock surface, to reveal the light-colored sandstone beneath.

- many of the designs  are easily recognizable(such as bighorn, sheep and other animals) but their meaning is not. Was this religious art, or a written language, or just something to fill idle moments ? No one knows...