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The Devil’s Punch Bowl, along with Hindhead Common, was acquired by the National Trust in 1906, making it one of the first open spaces acquired by the Trust. The beauty of the area and the diversity of nature it attracts resulted in the Devil's Punch Bowl being designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest on 30 April 1986. [1] [19]
In order to house the large numbers of formerly-enslaved African Americans, the Union Army created a death camp for them at a location known as the Devil's Punchbowl, a natural pit surrounded by bluffs.
Devils Punch Bowl is located about 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Depoe Bay, and about 8 miles (13 km) north of Newport in the community of Otter Rock, and about 1 ⁄ 4 mile (400 m) west of U.S. Route 101. The park encompasses 5.34 acres (2 ha), which includes picnic grounds. There is a trail for access to the beach, and tide pools.
Gibbet Hill, at Hindhead, Surrey, is the apex of the scarp surrounding the Devil's Punch Bowl, not far from the A3 London to Portsmouth road in England.The road used to pass close to Gibbet Hill, but has now been superseded by the Hindhead Tunnel and the road returned to nature.
The section of the old A3 north of Hindhead and alongside the Devil's Punch Bowl has been returned to tree-interspersed heathland. The nearest railway station is at Haslemere, 2.6 miles (4.2 km) away, on the Portsmouth Direct Line between London Waterloo and Portsmouth Harbour stations.
The Devil's Chair. The trails within the park showcase the geologic features along the Punchbowl Formation and San Andreas Fault. There are connections to major longer trails leading to the high country in the National Monument. [2] Devil's Punchbowl Loop Trail [3] is a 1-mile loop hike from the Nature Center that highlights important ...
Devil's Punch Bowl is a 37-metre ribbon waterfall on the Niagara Escarpment, in the Stoney Creek community of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It is in the Devil's Punchbowl Conservation Area [ 1 ] maintained by the Hamilton Conservation Authority , [ 2 ] and features an escarpment access trail with connections to a section of the Bruce Trail .
It was formed by the Punchbowl Fault, which is near the San Andreas Fault to the north. The Punchbowl Formation crops out in the Punchbowl Block and comprises approximately 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) of fluvial and alluvial conglomerates, sandstones, and minor mudstones, which accumulated during the middle-late Miocene. A distinct basal member is ...