Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Beginning in 1843, City of Rocks was a landmark for emigrants on the California Trail and Salt Lake Alternate Trail [7] and later on freight routes and the Kelton, Utah to Boise, Idaho stage route. The area's historical and geological values, scenery, and opportunities for recreation led to its designation as City of Rocks National Reserve in 1988.
^ Since 1983, Massachusetts has had 3 other official state rocks: State Historical Rock (Plymouth Rock), State Explorer Rock (Dighton Rock), and State Building and Monument Stone . In 2008, a State Glacial Rock (Rolling Rock) was designated as well. [82] ^ A measure passed the Oregon Senate in March 1965 naming the thunderegg as Oregon's state ...
Adjacent to Stone, upstream and south is the townsite of Snowville, Utah on Interstate 84, which traverses the valley diagonally from the northwest (Idaho) by southeast. The route goes through the divide between the Hansel Mountains (south) and the North Hansel Mountains and continues southeast through the Blue Creek Valley , the south West ...
The Hell's Half Acre lava plain is located in Bingham and Bonneville counties in the state of Idaho. The site is about 150 square miles (390 km 2) in size. [1] The area where a former lava lake existed is marked by a 875-yard (800 m) long by 328-yard (300 m) wide depression near the summit of the lava field. [7]
The coalition advocating for the Boise-Salt Lake City service had felt the region was well-positioned to receive the $500,000 grant. What they heard was not what actually happened.
Salt Lake City lies between the Wasatch Range and the Great Salt Lake. The Wasatch Mountains in the fall, September 2003. The range's highest point — 11,928 feet (3,636 m) — is Mount Nebo, a triple peak rising above Nephi, at the southern end of the range. In some places the mountains rise steeply from the valley's base elevation of 4,330 ...
The International Olympic Committee announced Wednesday that Salt Lake City will host the 2034 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.. It was the second successful bid for the Beehive State, which ...
This national park and monument is located in central Idaho along the Snake RiverThe park covers an area of 410,000 acres (1,700 km 2) and has an average elevation of 5,900 ft (1,800 m) The area contains different volcanic formations, basalt flows, and significant lava flows, tubes, and tree molds. [6]