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The Entrada Sandstone is a Jurassic-aged succession of redbeds, which are hematite-rich siliciclastic sedimentary rocks. Sediments were deposited in environments ranging from very shallow ocean (tidal flats) to sand dunes along ancient coastlines.
The "goblins" of Utah's Goblin Valley formed by differential weathering and erosion - the harder sandstones weather and erode more slowly than the softer, finer-grained shales and siltstones.
Stratigraphy: Entrada Sandstone, San Rafael Group, upper Middle Jurassic
Locality: Goblin Valley, east-central Utah, USA
I had one more New River diversion in me after I left Grandview, when I headed up river a short distance to see Sandstone Falls. You can see the falls down there beneath me, about 620 feet below this overlook. The falls are a series of stair-step cascades that reach across the river in a complicated mix of platforms.
But I'm still in West Virginia, so even though I'm looking right at the falls a mere 620 feet below me, I have to drive another 16 miles to get to them. I have to drive south 8 miles up the river to the little town of Hinton (pictures in a couple of days), cross over the river on a highway bridge, then drive 8 miles back down river to get to the road you see on the river bank right down there. But there's a parking lot and a fancy boardwalk trail, so I thought it was worth it.
Sandstone near Cape Arago, OR
You are free to use this image with the following photo credit: Peter Pearsall/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Hiking with some fellow hikers / tennis players to Sandstone Peak in the Santa Monica Mountains. (Ventura County, CA)
Trail Outlaws
Sandstone Way 120
A 120 mile multi terrain ultra marathon event. Starting at the north of Northumbria in Berwick on Tweed following the sandstone ridge to finish in the south of northmbria at Hexham.
Trail Outlaws
Sandstone Way 120
A 120 mile multi terrain ultra marathon event. Starting at the north of Northumbria in Berwick on Tweed following the sandstone ridge to finish in the south of northmbria at Hexham.