Mansface Hill is a mountain located in Green River, Wyoming

Green River, Wyoming

Green River is a city in and the county seat of Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States, in the southwestern part of the state. The population was 11,808 at the 2000 census....

. The mountain is named for its rock outcroppings, which form the shape of a face looking up into the sky.

Access

Mansface is accessible from Green River via two access roads. The first road begins at the top of an area known as South Hill on Wyoming Highway 530

Wyoming Highway 530

Wyoming Highway 530 is a state road that lies in southwestern Sweetwater County, Wyoming that runs along the west side of the Green River/Flaming Gorge Reservoir-Route description:...

. This route follows a pipeline for about half a mile and then begins turning north to the summit of the hill. The second begins near the west end of River View Drive in Green River. Google Earth

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 and most GPS maps incorrectly name the road to the summit on the west side as "Knotty Pine Street." Access from both sides requires high clearance four wheel drive vehicles, and strong tires as the road is not in the greatest shape. During the winter, the road is often drifted over, and some times impassible.

The Summit

On the summit of the hill are various radio towers for both local business and government entities. A tower for the city of Green River 's police department is the newest tower, constructed some time in the summer of 2004. A local cellular telephone tower is located at the center of the hill, and is primarily what can be seen from surrounding areas. It was constructed in late 2001 and early 2002. The hill also has a tower for local KCSP

KCSP-FM

KCSP-FM is a non-commercial radio station located in Casper, Wyoming. KCSP airs a programming from Pilgrim Radio, a religious radio network based out of Nevada. KCSP serves a number of translator stations throughout the state of Wyoming.-History:...

 affiliate radio station K232CU, which serves Green River on 94.3 FM

Frequency modulation

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Christmas Tree

Every year in either late November or early December, several local residents haul a Christmas tree

Christmas tree

The Christmas tree is a decorated evergreen coniferous tree, real or artificial, and a tradition associated with the celebration of Christmas. The tradition of decorating an evergreen tree at Christmas started in Livonia and Germany in the 16th century...

 to the summit. The tree is decorated and is lit at night. Power to the tree comes from the tower farm located nearby. In 2007, the tree was placed by members of the local business "The Radio Network", which owns radio stations KFRZ

KFRZ

KFRZ is a radio station broadcasting from Green River, Wyoming, serving southwestern Wyoming. Broadcasting a country music format, the station is part of The Radio Network, which includes sister stations KUGR, KYCS, and KZWB. KFRZ broadcasts satellite fed music from the Jones Radio Network...

, KYCS

KYCS

KYCS is a Hot AC station broadcasting from Rock Springs, Wyoming.The station signed on in 1986, as the first sister station of KUGR, which had been broadcasting for ten years at the time...

, KUGR

KUGR

KUGR is an AM radio station located in Green River, Wyoming operating on 1490 kHz AM. It carries a soft adult contemporary and talk format. The station is owned by Wagonwheel Communications Corporation. KUGR won the Wyoming Association of Broadcasters board "Station of the Year" award in 2006....

, and KZWB.