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Red Rock Canyon Open Space is a 1,474-acre (2.3 sq mi; 6.0 km 2) city park in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It is situated on the west side of the city, adjacent to Manitou Springs and south of U.S. Route 24. The park consists of a series of parallel ridges (called "hogbacks") and eroded canyons.
Red Rock Canyon is characterized by a series of canyons and parallel, sandstone ridges, (called “hogbacks”) sculpted by erosion by the area’s uplifted strata. The park contains 1,474 acres ...
Rock layers of the Moenkopi Formation in Zion National Park. The Moenkopi Formation is a geological formation that is spread across the U.S. states of New Mexico, northern Arizona, Nevada, southeastern California, eastern Utah and western Colorado. This unit is considered to be a group in Arizona.
The terrain is mixed grass prairie and has scrub oak. The highest point in Colorado Springs is the crest of the ridge in this open space. [27] Manitou Section 16 Open Space Lower Gold Camp Road 80906 Open Space Gravel trails, beginning at the trailhead on Lower Gold Camp Road and across 634.5 acres (256.8 ha), link to Red Rock Canyon Open Space ...
Tape, C. (2005) The Lower Jurassic Navajo Sandstone: large-scale deposition and small-scale structures, Site: Glen Canyon Dam. PDF version, 4.8 MB. in J.L. Kirschvink, ed., Field Trip to Colorado Plateau (southern Utah, northern Arizona, Permian-Triassic boundary). Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of ...
The youngest member of the Moenkopi is the 320 to 430 foot (98 to 130 m) thick Moody Canyon Member. Moody Canyon is informally sub-divided into two units: [10] a lower slope-forming 200 to 300 foot (60 to 90 m) thick unit of reddish-brown siltstone and; an upper cliff-forming 120 to 130 foot (37 to 40 m) thick unit of reddish-orange siltstone.
The Cheyenne Mountain Highway, also called Cheyenne Mountain Zoo Road, [1]: 1, 7:1 is a road in Colorado Springs, Colorado [2] that begins at the intersection of Penrose Boulevard, Old Stage Road, and West Cheyenne Mountain Boulevard. [3] [a] It is a paved road to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo and the Will Rogers Shrine of the Sun. Thereafter, it ...
The Shinarump Conglomerate is a highly resistant coarse-grained sandstone and pebble conglomerate [1] (minor or major conglomerates are a typical base layer after unconformities or disconformities; the Shinarump is a major conglomerate) with rare lenses of mudstone, sometimes forming a caprock because of its hardness, cementation, and erosion resistance. [2]