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Point Lookout is an 8,427-foot (2,569 meter) elevation sandstone summit located in Mesa Verde National Park, in Montezuma County of southwest Colorado. [3] This prominent landmark is situated 2 miles (3.2 km) south of the park entrance, and 9.3 miles (15.0 km) east-southeast of the town of Cortez, and towers 1,600 feet above the surrounding terrain of Mancos Valley.
Stratigraphic section of formations exposed at the surface, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado (USGS). The Point Lookout Sandstone is a Cretaceous bedrock formation occurring in New Mexico and Colorado.
The area got its name from its role as a lookout post, used to watch British ship movements during the War of 1812. [9]During the War of 1812 the Chesapeake Bay was a major route for British War ships, who established a naval and military base at near-by Tangier Island in Virginia for the Royal Navy under Rear Admiral George Cockburn with Fort Albion there, which constantly raided Chesapeake ...
Chimney Rock is located on the Colorado Plateau, and is composed of Cretaceous Point Lookout Sandstone, which is the oldest of the three formations that make up the Mesaverde Group which is common to the Mesa Verde region. [4] [5] The cliff-forming Point Lookout Sandstone overlays a pedestal of softer, slope-forming Mancos Shale. [6]
Lookout Mountain is a mountain ridge at the northwest corner of the U.S. state of Georgia, the northeast corner of Alabama, and along the southeastern Tennessee state line in Chattanooga. Lookout Mountain was the scene of the 18th-century "Last Battle of the Cherokees" in this area during the Nickajack Expedition .
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Marine Cretaceous rocks of the Mancos Shale and Point Lookout Sandstone are exposed around the base of Cabezon Peak. Cabezon means “big head” in Spanish. This stems from a Navajo myth which holds that it is the head of the giant Ye’i-tsoh after being slain by the twins Nayenezgani and To’badzistsini. [6]
'The Extra Point' (Budweiser, 1996) The Budweiser Clydesdale horses have been a staple mascot for the brand for more than 80 years, appearing in 47 Super Bowl commercials as of 2025.