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Chimney Rock National Monument is a 4,726-acre (1,913 ha) U.S. National Monument in San Juan National Forest in southwestern Colorado which includes an archaeological site. This area is located in Archuleta County, Colorado, between Durango and Pagosa Springs, and is managed for archaeological protection, public interpretation, and education.
Chimney Rock was designated a National Historic Site on August 9, 1956, [2] and is a National Park Service affiliated area, maintained and administered by History Nebraska with NPS technical support. Chimney Rock and Independence Rock further west in Wyoming are two of the prominent features along the Oregon Trail. Chimney Rock is located 20 ...
Chimney Rock is an 11,781-foot-elevation (3,591-meter) pillar located on the shared boundary of Hinsdale County with Ouray County, in southwest Colorado, United States. [4] It is situated 10.5 miles east of the community of Ridgway, and immediately south of Owl Creek Pass, in the Uncompahgre Wilderness, on land managed by Uncompahgre National ...
Canyons of the Ancients National Monument [b] near Dolores (June 9, 2000, Clinton) Chimney Rock National Monument [c] near Pagosa Springs (September 21, 2012, Obama) Colorado National Monument near Grand Junction and Fruita (May 24, 1911, Taft) Dinosaur National Monument [d] near Dinosaur (80 acres October 4, 1915, Wilson, additional 200,000 ...
Oregon Trail pioneer Ezra Meeker erected this boulder near Pacific Springs on Wyoming's South Pass in 1906. [1] The historic 2,170-mile (3,490 km) [2] Oregon Trail connected various towns along the Missouri River to Oregon's Willamette Valley. It was used during the 19th century by Great Plains pioneers who were seeking fertile land in the West ...
Chimney Rock State Park, a 315-foot granite monolith near Chimney Rock, North Carolina, United States Chimney Rock National Monument , a geological formation and archaeological site in southwestern Colorado, United States
Chimney Rock National Monument; W. Wings for My Flight This page was last edited on 15 September 2020, at 02:38 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Chimney Rock National Monument, a 4,726-acre U.S. national monument in San Juan National Forest in southwestern Colorado. This area, in Archuleta County between Durango and Pagosa Springs, includes a significant archaeological site. One of America's newest national monuments, Chimney Rock was declared as such in 2012.