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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 .
The Lariat Loop National Scenic and Historic Byway is a National Scenic Byway and a Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway located in Jefferson County, Colorado, USA.The byway is a 40-mile (64 km) loop in the Front Range foothills west of Denver through Golden, Lookout Mountain Park, Genesee Park, Evergreen, Morrison, Red Rocks Park, and Dinosaur Ridge.
The Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary is seen where the red and purple beds of the Morrison Formation abruptly contact the drab, gray bed of the overlying Cedar Mountain Formation. The contact is the K1 unconformity. Jessie's Twist, southwest of Green River City, Utah. Brushy Basin Member showing the purple and red colors of paleosols (ancient soils).
Admission to the city of Colorado Springs park is free. Technically, it is an “open space,” which is an outdoor public space used for a park or recreation. These are typically found in urban ...
[1] [2] Natural Landmarks in Colorado range from 60 to 380,000 acres (24.3 to 153,780.5 ha; 0.1 to 593.8 sq mi) in size. Owners include private individuals and several municipal, state and federal agencies. [3] The National Natural Landmarks Program is administered by the National Park Service, a branch of the Department of the Interior. The ...
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.
Geologic Overview - including a look west to the 300 mya Fountain Formation, in which Red Rocks Amphitheatre is located. Dinosaur Bulges Guide describing the "bulges" - a track exhibit at Dinosaur Ridge, in the Golden-Morrison Fossil Areas National Natural Landmark, Colorado. The bulges are natural casts - the "undersides" of footprints.
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