My brother Richard (Rick or Hoot) Holmes spent most of his spare time there gathering arrowheads and artifacts. Now his ashes are part of the landscape there. What an amazing place.

Can't even tell you how many times I've been by (born and raised in Lander). I can't remember there ever being Any access, always just had to pull off next to the fence and look through. I learned more about it in 7th or 8th grade when we had a Geology portion of science, but apparently it wasn't even open for schools to access at that time (I seem to remember it being Private property). WY PBS, thanks for putting your pieces on youtube. I've not been in WY for a number of years, but still feel like it's "home" and your pieces help scratch an itch.

Thanks pbs Wyoming

Stunning and very interesting. I'm ready to get in my rig and drive 1300, mi from Mid Michigan. Bucket list add-on❤

We always stop there on our way to Pinedale..so fascinating

Hey! Hello, Dr. Sundell! ⚒️😊 I still have the photos we took here for the field guide (your photo, the cover; mine, the back cover) for the WGA field conference (2008-9??)

That's a beautiful part of Wyoming. The Wyoming Veterans Museum is in Casper. My father was stationed there during the war. It's a fabulous museum, 'tho it doesnt look like much from the outside, they have an incredible collection. The Dinosaur Museum in Thermopolis is also plain from the outside but has anothe incredible collection plus a working dig in conjunction with it. Wyoming seens to take their museums very seriously. It' worth spending serious time there.

Been by this a few times and never really knew it was there. Will be stopping by in the future.!!

Being a native of Wyoming and a native of Worland I have probably driven past hell's half-acre 100 times or more in my lifetime. I remember one time when we stopped we got out and went over and looked down into hell's half acre the beauty of it was spectacular. The other thing that I remember on that stop was they had a enclosure with a lot of rattlesnakes in it that we could look down into and see the rattlesnakes.❤

Love the drone shots!

I have just added this point of interest to my bucket list of places to visit. Hopefully, this place will be open to the public in the near future.

Ready to travel from West Virginia to witness this spectacular landscape.

Love this place 😎

What an amazing place. Thanks for the share. :O)

Sounds fun. Looks beautiful

I've never heard of this but it looks amazing! I hope someday I can come see it. A walkthrough with a knowledgeable guide would be fantastic!

The future plans are well thought out! I bet that it will become an amazing tourist attraction!

We used to drive past there every day in the summer coming from Casper going to Powder River to work on the farm. It is a interesting place.

I drove is road last year and the geology is quite amazing.

Greybull WY has a smaller version of this. It is called Devil's Kitchen.

*Let the Sunshine in...*

I stopped by there once on a roadtrip and couldn't believe how amazing it is, especially given how it just...appears. If Wyoming wasn't so dang weird about having national monuments declared within its border, this is a perfect site for one. People like me see a national monument on a map and automatically want to check it out. Hopefully the county or state can get a cool park set up regardless.

It has been, sad to say, a couple of decades since I was last there. Had no idea that it had closed. Happy to know that there are plans to have it reopen.

I wonder why they drilled a water well there?

A stunning place and while more visitors would help the local economy, the area's expansion as a tourist attraction must not compromise its wilderness character.

Oh, very interesting place! Is is allowed to go there?

A person who has traveled to Wyoming for work knows that Hell's Half Acre is one of countless hidden gems in the state. Part of me would prefer it stay that way. Although this would be a selfish statement for those who haven't seen them or those who live there... Hopefully, they find a nonintrusive way of opening it up.

When I was a kid we would stop and at that time they had a rattlesnake pit that was full of snakes was kinda cool as a kid to see that. Bring back the snake pit as part of the attraction 😅

is it not at least a county or state natural area?

There used to be a visitors center, stopped there in the mid 60s as a kid.....

Build it and they will come !!!!

Where moon shots were filmed

Was this any part of the Lake Missoula floods?

I am puzzled by the narration that states that the area was closed from 2005-2024. I remember very distinctly being there in the fall of 2010 and have many pictures of it. I don't even remember the barbed-wire topped fence.

I hate when people "close" nature. Thats a beautiful place you shouldnt have to pay to see.

It would be a great set for a science fiction movie.

The better interpretation is that those structures were carved rapidly by catastrophic flooding on a continental scale.

I think there's a 'Hell's Half-acre' in every state. Four (that I know of) in Ohio alone. That's a pretty crazy place, I'll have to take a day or two there next time I'm in the area.

Gooseberry badlands has entered the chat. Only a few hours away.

what part of wyoming is this?

Anybody notice the small meteor exploding 30 seconds in, upper left?

Make it ada friendly. A few off road wheelchairs for rent. I’ll come visit and tout it to many wheelchair groups.

It’s not sounding like there is public access. Might not be the best vacation

Lol is it just me or is that more like 50 acres not ½?

Im glad it's closed. Keep the thieves out. Leave the items on that land.

Green River, says hi y'all. Just moved here, it's nice. Tho i wouldn't recommend moving here unless you're connected? Or good job. I have my ex who's nice enough to give me a place here, but there's no: Bus, help, liberal programs n aid, limited entertainment... I love shooting n bow target practice. Rodeos are cool. I luv hiking up the buttes here too. I luv feeding the deer, and the landscape photo opportunities too. Any suggestions? I need an under the table job/work. Cant work cuz of Insurance pay out. I'm fine now, but i can't work 1 second at McDonald's even. Few more months I'll be free n clear. Ideas for this poor Portlandier ??

This place is

nose rings, wtf is the point?

What a crock....... millions of years....lies