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2. Red Rock Canyon Open Space - Wikipedia

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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.

3. Red Rocks Park - Wikipedia

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   The red sandstone found throughout Red Rocks Park is geologically identified as belonging to the Fountain Formation. [2] Other Colorado examples of Fountain Formation geology include nearby Roxborough State Park , Garden of the Gods near Colorado Springs , and the Flatirons near Boulder .

4. Garden of the Gods - Wikipedia

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   The outstanding geologic features of the park, including Steamboat Rock, the Three Graces, and Balanced Rock, are the ancient sedimentary beds of deep-red, pink and white sandstones, conglomerates and limestone that were deposited horizontally, but have now been tilted vertically and faulted into "fins" by the immense mountain building forces caused by the uplift of the Rocky Mountains and the ...

5. A Hiker's Path: The open spaces of Colorado Springs' Red Rock ...

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   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 ...

6. Red Rocks Amphitheatre - Wikipedia

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   Red Rocks Amphitheatre (also known colloquially as simply Red Rocks) is an open-air amphitheater in the western United States near Morrison, Colorado, approximately ten miles (16 km) southwest of Denver. It is owned and operated by the city of Denver.

7. Flatirons - Wikipedia

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   The Flatirons were subsequently exposed by erosion. Other manifestations of the Fountain Formation can be found in many places along the Colorado Front Range, including Garden of the Gods near Colorado Springs, Roxborough State Park in Douglas County, and Red Rocks Amphitheatre near Morrison.

8. Fountain Formation - Wikipedia

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   Fountain Formation unconformably overlying Precambrian rocks at the parking lot of Red Rocks Park. The Fountain Formation is found along the Front Range of Colorado. To the north, the Formation unconformably overlies Precambrian granite and gneiss. To the south, it overlies Mississippian, Ordovician and Devonian Limestones, as well as Cambrian ...

9. History of Colorado Springs, Colorado - Wikipedia

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   Another is the Red Rock Canyon Open Space. Notable landforms, ... Colorado Springs grew by 164% when 11,140 people settled in the town between 1880 and 1890.