Rock Springs, Wyoming

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Rock Springs, Wyoming is a city in southwestern Wyoming known historically as a coal mining and railroad hub and as a gateway to outdoor recreation areas such as Flaming Gorge.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
areaCode 307 ⓘ
climateClassification semi-arid climate ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
county Sweetwater County ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 2060 meters ⓘ
approximately 6750 feet ⓘ
gatewayTo Flaming Gorge ⓘ
governmentType mayor–council government ⓘ
hasAirport Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport ⓘ
hasEvent International Day festival ⓘ
hasHigherEducationInstitution Western Wyoming Community College ⓘ
hasHospital Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County ⓘ
linked to: Sweetwater County
hasLocalNewspaper Rocket-Miner ⓘ
hasMajorHighway Interstate 80 ⓘ
U.S. Route 191 ⓘ
hasNearbyCity Green River, Wyoming ⓘ
hasNearbyProtectedArea Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ
hasNickname Home of 56 Nationalities ⓘ
hasPublicLibrary Sweetwater County Library System branch in Rock Springs ⓘ
hasPublicTransit Sweetwater County Transit Authority ⓘ
hasRecreationFacility Rock Springs Family Recreation Center ⓘ
hasSportsVenue Sweetwater Events Complex ⓘ
hasUTCOffset UTC−07:00 ⓘ
hasUTCOffsetDST UTC−06:00 ⓘ
historicalRole coal mining hub ⓘ
railroad hub ⓘ
isCountySeatOf Sweetwater County ⓘ
isOn Rock Springs Uplift ⓘ
isPartOf Sweetwater County, Wyoming ⓘ
isServedBy Rock Springs Fire Department ⓘ
Rock Springs Police Department ⓘ
knownFor ethnically diverse mining history ⓘ
proximity to outdoor recreation areas ⓘ
locatedIn Green River Basin ⓘ
locatedInRegion southwestern Wyoming ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Mountain Time Zone ⓘ
namedAfter Rock Springs ⓘ
near Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area ⓘ
postalCode 82901 ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity coal mining ⓘ
energy production ⓘ
oil and gas ⓘ
trona mining ⓘ
servedByRailway Union Pacific Railroad ⓘ
state Wyoming ⓘ
transportHubFor southwestern Wyoming ⓘ

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Flaming Gorge Reservoir → hasNearbyCity → Rock Springs, Wyoming ⓘ
Mirror Lake Highway → passesNear → Evanston, Wyoming ⓘ
linked to: Rock Springs, Wyoming
Sweetwater County → largestCity → Rock Springs ⓘ
linked to: Rock Springs, Wyoming
Sweetwater County → contains → Rock Springs ⓘ
linked to: Rock Springs, Wyoming
Sweetwater County, Wyoming → largestCity → Rock Springs, Wyoming ⓘ
Sweetwater County, Wyoming → contains → Rock Springs, Wyoming ⓘ
Sweetwater County, Wyoming → hasJurisdiction → Rock Springs, Wyoming ⓘ
Green River (Wyoming) → partOf → Rock Springs–Green River, Wyoming Micropolitan Statistical Area ⓘ
linked to: Rock Springs, Wyoming
Green River (Wyoming) → near → Rock Springs, Wyoming ⓘ
Southwestern Wyoming → majorCity → Rock Springs ⓘ
linked to: Rock Springs, Wyoming
Rock Springs, Wyoming → namedAfter → Rock Springs ⓘ
linked to: Rock Springs, Wyoming
Kelly Park / Rock Springs → waterBody → Rock Springs ⓘ
linked to: Rock Springs, Wyoming
Carol Holding → placeOfActivity → Rock Springs, Wyoming ⓘ
Killpecker Sand Dunes → nearestCity → Rock Springs, Wyoming ⓘ
Green River Basin → nearestCity → Rock Springs, Wyoming ⓘ