Quick Facts
Location:
Quarter of the way around the Off the Beaten Path Billings Gap Overlook route
Significance:
Great vista
Amenities
1 listed
Scenic View/Photo Spot
As the route continues towards the overlook, notice the hoodoos calving from the edge of the mesa, due to scarp retreat. As the softer material that form the escarpment face beneath the caprocks erodes, leaving the harder sandstone on top undermined. The edge collapses, causing the edge to retreat, dropping talus below.
Petrified Forest National Park
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Tags
* petrified forest national park
* hike
* backcountry
* self-guided
* views
* scenic
* geology
* history
* petrified forest
* hiking
Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
