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The Granite Dells is a geological feature north of Prescott, Arizona. The Dells consist of exposed bedrock and large boulders of granite that have eroded into an unusual lumpy, rippled appearance. Watson Lake and Willow Lake are small man-made reservoirs in this formation. [1]
The rocks experience natural weathering, and vandalism and tourism accelerate this natural process. Lichen are luckily not an issue for these rocks because of the hot and arid climate in Arizona. Calcium carbonate does not affect the petroglyphs, although it has been found at the base of some rocks below the petroglyphs. It is suspected that ...
Point of Rocks (Sierra County, New Mexico), landmark along the Jornada del Muerto; Point of Rocks (Chester, Virginia), listed on the NRHP in Chesterfield County, Virginia; Point of Rocks (Texas), an isolated hill with a spring, a watering place on the San Antonio - El Paso Road, 10 miles west of Fort Davis, Texas, now a roadside park
Gila Bend, AZ The Painted Rock Mountains are a short 15-mile (24 km) long mountain range of the north-central Sonoran Desert southwest of Phoenix , Arizona and in southwest Maricopa County . The Gila River flows through the central-north end of the range.
View of Monument Valley in Utah, looking south on U.S. Route 163 from 13 miles (21 km) north of the Utah–Arizona state line Mitchell Mesa from the View Hotel.. Monument Valley (Navajo: Tsé Biiʼ Ndzisgaii, pronounced [tsʰépìːʔ ǹtsɪ̀skɑ̀ìː], meaning "valley of the rocks") is a region of the Colorado Plateau characterized by a cluster of sandstone buttes, with the largest reaching ...
Chiricahua National Monument is a unit of the National Park System located in the Chiricahua Mountains of southeastern Arizona.The monument was established on April 18, 1924, to protect its extensive hoodoos and balancing rocks.
Rock Point (Navajo: Tsé Nitsaa Deezʼáhí) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Apache County, Arizona, United States. The population was 642 at the 2010 census . [ 3 ] Its name is descriptive of the point where Chinle Creek enters high sandstone walls.
Petrified Forest National Park is a national park of the United States in Navajo and Apache counties in northeastern Arizona.Named for its large deposits of petrified wood, the park covers about 346 square miles (900 square kilometers), encompassing semi-desert shrub steppe as well as highly eroded and colorful badlands.