Gardens of the Gods

Garden of the Gods is a public park located in Colorado Springs. The park contains a conglomerate of sandstone hogback formations (tops displayed below) belonging geologically to the Fountain Formation, similar to the Red Rocks west of Denver.

The hogback ridge begins in southern Wyoming and continues south along the "Front Range" of the eastern most part of the Colorado Rocky chain of mountains, concluding in southern Colorado/northern New Mexico. There are many fossils to be seen: marine forms, plant fossils, and some dinosaur fossils.

The name Colorado is said to come from the color of this sandstone, then again, here is the rest of the story...