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At one time the pass was 300 feet (90 m) higher, where the shoreline of Pleistocene Lake Bonneville stood. The pass takes its name from the red limestone cliffs which border it. [3] Red Rock Pass has a surface deposit of calcareous silty alluvium with topsoil of dark grayish brown silt loam. [4]
Red Rock Pass is a mountain pass in the northern Rocky Mountains of the western United States.On the Continental Divide at an elevation of 7,152 feet (2,180 m) above sea level, it is just north of the eastern Centennial Mountains on the Montana–Idaho state line.
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As a result, the elevation of the Bonneville shoreline is 243 ft (74 m) higher in the Lakeside Mountains, elevation 5,335 ft (1,626 m), west of the Great Salt Lake near the center of the Lake Bonneville water load, than at Red Rock Pass, 5,092 ft (1,552 m), where the lake was very shallow. [31]
Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area (state-operated), in Las Vegas, Nevada; Red Rocks Park, Colorado; Red Rock Pass (a saddle-point), Idaho; Red Rock State Park, in Arizona; Red Rock Preserve, within Edge of Appalachia Preserve in Ohio; Red Rock (Wyoming), inscribed rock formation; Red Rock (Gallup, New Mexico), along Interstate 25 in ...
Ancient Red Rock Pass was the site of two alluvial fans descending from opposite sides of the notch, forming a natural dam. [3] When the dam collapsed, it released a 410-foot-high (120 m) [4] flood crest down the Portneuf River valley, also spilling into the neighboring Bear River valley.
Yellowhead Pass: 1,131 m (3,711 ft) near Jasper, Alberta. Canadian Northern Railway (1910), north branch of the Trans-Canada Highway. Pacific or Arctic Ocean drainage. E: Athabasca Pass: 1,753 m (5,751 ft) Main fur-trade pass from 1811. Used by the York Factory Express. Pacific or Arctic Ocean drainage.
The main mission of this day-use park is the preservation of the riparian habitat along Oak Creek. Red Rock State Park serves as an environmental education facility for the public and for school or private groups, and provides limited passive recreational opportunities. [2]