Red Rocks Park
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Red Rocks Park is a mountain park in Jefferson County, Colorado, west of Denver, owned and maintained by the city of Denver. The park is known for its very large red sandstone boulders. One of these, Ship Rock, is the size and approximate shape of a large ship, but balanced on another boulder so delicately that it sways and rocks back and forth in a moderate wind.
The red sandstone found throughout Red Rocks Park is geologically identified as belonging to the Fountain Formation.[1] Other Colorado examples of Fountain Formation geology include nearby Roxborough State Park, Garden of the Gods near Colorado Springs and the Flatirons near Boulder. These rock formations came to existence when the Rocky Mountains were formed during the Laramide orogeny.
Within the park boundaries is the Red Rocks Amphitheatre which hosts many concerts and other events. Red Rocks Park was also the site of the Start and Finish line of The Amazing Race 9 which aired in the spring of 2006.
[edit] See also
- Red Rocks Amphitheatre
- Willowbrook Amphitheatre
- List of contemporary amphitheatres
- Under a Blood Red Sky
[edit] References
- ^ Dick Gibson. Geology of Boulder Flatirons - The Fountain Formation.
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