The Geologic Story of Colorado National Monument: Revised EditionLohman, Stanley William
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The Geologic Story of Colorado National Monument: Revised Edition
Lohman, Stanley William
Colorado National Monument (Colo.); Geology -- Colorado -- Colorado National Monument
[Mile-marker 35]
Another 2 miles takes us to the Glade Park Store and Post Office at a
four-way intersection.
An improved, gravelled road leads westward through pleasant country some
20 miles to the Utah State line, beyond which an unimproved road leads
either to the Colorado or the Dolores Rivers. Future planning calls for
improving the Utah stretch of this road and for building a bridge across
either the Colorado or Dolores Rivers to connect with scenic Utah
Highway 128. If and when completed, this would afford a very scenic
shortcut from Moab, Utah, to Grand Junction via the Little Park Road (to
be described).
South from the four-way intersection an improved gravelled road takes us
through wooded country, past lakes and campgrounds, to the summit of
Piñon Mesa, as noted earlier.
GLADE PARK FAULT
[Mile-marker 36]
Also, from the intersection a paved county road known as DS (south) Road
leads eastward then northeastward through farming and ranching country 6
miles to the intersection with Rim Rock Drive near Cold Shivers Point.
Three-fourths of a mile east of the Glade Park Store and Post Office the
road crosses the Glade Park fault (fig. 8) along which the Morrison and
Summerville Formations on the right have dropped down with respect to
the Entrada Sandstone on the left. Here, the Entrada also has been
leached to white.
LITTLE PARK ROAD
[Mile-marker 37]
At 1½ miles east of the Glade Park Store and Post Office is the
intersection with the improved gravelled Little Park Road, which will be
described later. At 2¾ miles beyond this intersection, the DS Road
leaves the Entrada Sandstone and is on a wooded stretch of the Kayenta
Formation the remaining 2 miles to Rim Rock Drive. The last one-tenth of
a mile is crooked and steep, so please slow down before reaching the
stop sign at the intersection. Some years ago the brakes on a pickup
truck failed as the driver approached the stop sign, but he was lucky
enough to jump out at the top of the cliff just before the truck plunged
to the bottom of Columbus Canyon.
From Glade Park to Grand Junction Via the Little Park Road
GLADE PARK FAULT
[Mile-marker 38]
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