Driving Directions

Once you are in Green River, head down either Green River Ave or Long St.  Follow the signs that lead you across the railroad tracks to the airport on Airport Rd.  Immediatly crossing the tracks you will turn right on a dirt road that follows the railroad tracks for about .4 miles.  You will drive up a short hill and will see a sign that points you left to the top of the hill.  You will see Elements first and then a little ways is the Ratio.

Have you ever been driving through Green River and seen this large concrete structure overlooking Highway 191?  I have seen it many times in the last few years and thought it was just piles of concrete blocks that a landowner put together.  And, I guess on the superficial level it is just regular concrete blocks.  But, after doing some research, the concrete block structure is called “ratio” or some people call it the “golden ratio.”  It has to do with the Fibonacci sequence.  To read more about this fascinating subject on the Fibonacci sequence please read this Wikipedia article.

The other structure here is called Elements.  The Elements is a structure of four separate pillars that are over 30 ft tall each.  Each pillar represents one of the four elements: Earth, Fire, Water, and Wind.  One of the pillars is capped with 23-carat gold apparently too. 

The Ratio and also Elements structures are what are called Land Art.  The land art here in Green River, the Ratio and Elements, were created by Australian artist, Andrew Rogers. 

The Ratio was created in 2010 and according to Andrew Rogers’ website, the Ratio is 44′ tall, 42′ long, and 6′ wide.

The Elements was created in September 2013 and is 32′ tall, 11′ long, and 2′ wide.



Land Art is a type of art that uses the natural landscapes to create artworks.  We have several posts of land art already on The Trek Planner: the Spiral Jetty and the Sun Tunnels.

I was glad I made the stop here so I could better appreciate this land art.  I can’t explain why, but strangely I feel like they fit in quite well in Green River.