I had a chance to get out, get some exercise, and check out a place I’ve been interested in geologically for some time. Unfortunately, I didn’t have any prep time to look into the specifics before hitting the road. So, my trip yesterday to Hanging Rock State Park in west-central North Carolina swiftly took on a preliminary recon mode.
I managed to hike Hanging Rock Trail to the top, and then made it down to Lower Cascade Falls in the northern parcel of the park, located in Danbury, North Carolina north of Winston-Salem. I’ll study up on the geologic setting responsible for some of the structures and geomorphology before reporting back [and returning to Hanging Rock]. That should be interesting. In the mean time, please enjoy a couple of digital photographs I took at the aforementioned points of interest:
Hey, nice pictures! There is a great book about North Carolina geology you may want to check out. by Kevin Stewart.
Yes! It is a great book. I have a copy laying around here somewhere. It just needs to be re-discovered. Thanks for the suggestion and for stopping by too.
Jay
Awesome pictures . Would love to hike there.