Climbing Areas of the United States - Alabama Hills, Beacon Rock State Park, Bernasconi Hills, Blue Mounds State Park, Bradley Mountain, Cannon Mountai (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 111. Chapters: Alabama Hills, Beacon Rock State Park, Bernasconi Hills, Blue Mounds State Park, Bradley Mountain, Cannon Mountain (New Hampshire), Carlton Peak, Castleton Tower, Castle Rock State Park (California), Cerro Pedernal, Champe Rocks, Charlotte Dome, Chatfield Hollow State Park, Chickies Ridge, City of Rocks National Reserve, Cockaponset State Forest, Crow Hills, Deep Notch, Delaware Water Gap, Devil's Lake State Park (Wisconsin), Devil's Punchbowl (California), Devils Tower, Domeland Wilderness, Eldorado Springs, Colorado, El Capitan, El Rito Crags, Fake Peak, Farley Ledges, Fisher Towers, Flatirons, Forbidden Peak, Franklin Gorge, Garden of the Gods, Gold Belt Byway, Governor Stable, Haiku Stairs, Haycock Mountain, Horse Flats, Horse Pens 40, Hueco Tanks, Icicle Creek, Indian Rock Park, Interstate Park, Joe's Valley, Joshua Tree National Park, Lamentation Mountain, Liberty Bell Mountain, List of California bouldering sites, List of New Jersey bouldering sites, Little Cottonwood Canyon, Lost Arrow Spire, Lover's Leap (Tahoe, CA), Lumpy Ridge, Manchester Wall, Mattatuck State Forest, Middle Cathedral Rock, Minnewaska State Park Preserve, Mohonk Preserve, Mount Minsi, Mount Rubidoux, Mount Wilson (Nevada), Needles (Black Hills), New River Gorge National River, Northfield Mountain, Palisades State Park, Palisade Head, Point Dume, Quartz Mountain, Quartz Mountains, Quincy Quarries Reservation, Ragged Mountain (Connecticut), Ralph Stover State Park, Rat Rock, Red Barn (RIT), Red River Gorge, Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Rocktown, Royal Arches (Yosemite), Sailing Hawks, Sam's Throne, Santee Boulders, Seneca Rocks, Shawangunk Ridge, Sleeping Giant (Connecticut), Smith Rock State Park, Stoney Point (California), Stony Clove Notch, Suicide Rock, Tahquitz Peak, Tenaya Canyon, Tettegouche State Park, The Buttermilks, The Diamond (Longs Peak), The Mandala, The Titan (Fisher Towers), Tuolumne Meadows, Vedauwoo, West Hartford Reservoir, West Rock Ridge State Park, Yosemite Valley, Zion National Park. Excerpt: Zion National Park is located in the Southwestern United States, near Springdale, Utah. A prominent feature of the 229-square-mile (590 km) park is Zion Canyon, which is 15 miles (24 km) long and up to half a mile (800 m) deep, cut through the reddish and tan-colored Navajo Sandstone by the North Fork of the Virgin River. The lowest elevation is 3,666 ft (1,117 m) at Coalpits Wash and the highest elevation is 8,726 ft (2,660 m) at Horse Ranch Mountain. Located at the junction of the Colorado Plateau, Great Basin, and Mojave Desert regions, the park's unique geography and variety of life zones allow for unusual plant and animal diversity. Numerous plant species as well as 289 species of birds, 75 mammals (including 19 species of bat), and 32 reptiles inhabit the park's four life zones: desert, riparian, woodland, and coniferous forest. Zion National Park includes mountains, canyons, buttes, mesas, monoliths, rivers, slot canyons, and natural arches. Human habitation of the area started about 8,000 years ago with small family groups of Native Americans; the semi-nomadic Basketmaker Anasazi (300 CE) stem from one of these groups. In turn, the Virgin Anasazi culture (500 CE) developed as the Basketmakers settled in permanent communities. A different group, the Parowan Fremont, lived in the area as well. Both groups moved away by 1300 and were replaced by the Parrusits and several other Southern Paiute subtribes. Mormons came into the area in 1858 and settled there in the early 1860s. In 1909, U.S. President William Howard Taft named the area a National Monument to protect the canyon, under the name of Mukuntuweap National Monument. In 1918, however, the acting director of the newly created National Park Service changed the park's name to Zion. According to historian Hal...