Sheep Rock Unit - John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, OR
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N 44° 30.956 W 119° 39.144
11T E 289196 N 4932601
The John Day Fossil Beds National Monument includes over 14,000 acres, with the Sheep Rock Unit being the largest of the three individual units.
Waymark Code: WM2PP6
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 12/02/2007
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The John Day Fossil Beds National Monument includes three units (Sheep Rock, Painted Hills, and Clarno) and is spread over 14,000 acres in north-central Oregon along the John Day River Valley. The Monument is one of North America’s most significant paleontological research areas. It preserves portions of the Clarno Formation (50 to 35 million years ago), the John Day Formation (37 to 20 mya), the Picture Gorge Basalt Sub-Group (16 mya - part of the Columbia Plateau Flood Basalts), the Mascall Formation (15 to 12 mya) and the Rattlesnake Formation ( 8 to 60 mya). The main interpretive facilities are located in the Sheep Rock Unit and include the Thomas Condon Paleontology Center and the Cant Ranch Museum. In addition there are interpretive trails and signs at the Foree Area, the Blue Basin Area, and the Mascall Overlook.
Coordinates are at Monument Sign on U.S. Hwy. 26 at the SW corner of the Sheep Rock Unit. There are additional entrances at the SE corner of the unit (U.S. Hwy. 26) and at the north edge on the unit (Ore. Hwy. 19).
State/States the Park is located...: Oregon
Park Designation: Monument/Memorial
Times the Visitors Center (or Park) is Open....: From: 9:00 AM To: 5:00 PM
Months the Visitors Center/Park is open...: From: 01/01/2007 To: 12/31/2007
Website From the National Parks Service Page of this Waymark...: [Web Link]
SECONDARY website.: http://www2.nature.nps.gov/geology/parks/joda/index.cfm
Are pictures included?: yes
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