101 American Geo-Sites You've Gotta See!

 

I hate to use the term "Bucket List," but that is probably the best description for this page. I received Albert B. Dickas' book  101 American Geo-Sites You've Gotta See  (Mountain Press), and I am hooked. In it, Dickas describes at least one important geologic site in each of the 50 states. Each site has a two-page spread. The first gives the name and longitude and latitude of the site as well as a description of why the site is important. The second page has a photograph of the site as well as instructional diagrams of how the formation was created, or a map/diagram displaying its geologic significance. I immediately went through the book to see how many of the sites I had already visited (not that many), and then how many of the sites already appear in the scieneofsand website (even fewer).

I'm proposing a new challenge - let's see if we can get sand from all legal sites. National Parks and Monuments are off limits, but you might be able to collect from someplace near the park. In the table below are all of the sites. A brown link will take you to a description I found of the site on the web. A blue link will mean that I actually have sand from the location, or very close to it. The goal obviously is to turn as many links as possible blue. Clicking on the state will take you to the page showing all of the sand samples for that state. As a second part to this challenge, do you have a favorite geological location? Send me a link, and I'll add it to this list. If you include a sample of sand from the location, I'll create a page for it.  Enjoy!!

 

ALABAMA

ALASKA

ARIZONA

ARKANSAS

CALIFORNIA

Wetumpka Crater

Exit Glacier

Antelope Canyon

Prairie Creek Pipe

Wallace Creek

   

Meteor Crater

 

Racetrack Playa

   

Monument Valley

 

Devils Postpile

       

Ranch La Brea

       

El Capitan

 

COLORADO

CONNECTICUT

DELAWARE

FLORIDA

GEORGIA

Boulder Flatirons

Dinosaur Trackway

Wilmington Blue Rocks

Devil's Millhopper

Stone Mountain

Interstate 70 Roadcut

       

Florissant Fossil Beds

       

 

HAWAII

IDAHO

ILLINOIS

INDIANA

IOWA

Kilauea Volcano

Borah Peak

Valmeyer Anticline

Hanging Rock Klint

Fort Dodge Gypsum

 

Menan Buttes

     
 

Great Rift

     

 

KANSAS

KENTUCKY

LOUISIANA

MAINE

MARYLAND

Monument Rocks

Ohio Black Shale

Avery Island

Schoodic Point

Calvert Cliffs

 

Mammoth Cave

     
 

Four Corners Roadcut

     

 

MASSACHUSETTS

MICHIGAN

MINNESOTA

MISSISSIPPI

MISSOURI

Purgatory Chasm

Nonesuch Potholes

Sioux Quartzite

Petrified Forest

Elephant Rocks

 

Quincy Mine

Thomson Dikes

 

Grassy Mountain Nonconformity

 

Grand River Ledges

Soudan Mine

   

 

MONTANA

NEBRASKA

NEVADA

NEW HAMPSHIRE

NEW JERSEY

Chief Mountain

Ashfall Fossil Beds

Sand Mountain

Flume Gorge

Palisades Sill

Madison Slide

Scotts Bluff

Great Unconformity

   

Butte Pluton

Crow Creek Marlstone

 

   

Quad Creek Quartzite

       

 

NEW MEXICO

NEW YORK

NORTH CAROLINA

NORTH DAKOTA

OHIO

White Sands

American Falls

Pilot Mountain

South Killdeer Mountain

Hueston Woods

Carlsbad Caverns

Taconic Unconformity

   

Big Rock

Ship Rock

Gilboa Forest

   

Kelleys Island

Stateline Outcrop

       

 

OKLAHOMA

OREGON

PENNSYLVANIA

RHODE ISLAND

SOUTH CAROLINA

Interstate 35 Roadcut

Mount Mazama

Drake's Folly

Beavertail Point

Crowburg Basin

 

Lava River Cave

Hickory Run

   
   

Delaware Water Gap

   

 

SOUTH DAKOTA

TENNESSEE

TEXAS

UTAH

VERMONT

Mount Rushmore

Reelfoot Scarp

Enchanted Rock

Upheaval Dome

Whipstock Hill

Mammoth Site

 

Capitan Reef

Checkerboard Mesa

 

Pinnacles Overlook

 

Pauluxy River Tracks

San Juan Goosenecks

 
     

Salina Canyon Unconformity

 
     

Bingham Stock

 

 

VIRGINIA

WASHINGTON

WEST VIRGINIA

WISCONSIN

WYOMING

Great Falls

Mt. St. Helens

Seneca Rocks

Roche-A-Cri Mound

Green River

Natural Bridge

Dry Falls

 

Van Hise Rock

Devils Tower

Millbrig Ashfall

 

 

Amnicon Falls

Fossil Butte

Catoctin Greenstone

     

Steamboat Geyser

       

Specimen Ridge

 

 

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