Clifton Gorge Marker # 7-29
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N 39° 48.015 W 083° 50.150
17S E 257212 N 4409435
Located near Clifton Oh near the Greene and Clark county line.
Waymark Code: WM21CE
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 08/19/2007
Views: 28
Side A : "Clifton Gorge - A Feature of Ohio's Glacial Past"
Clifton Gorge is a classic example of a canyon cut into dolomite and shale bedrock that dates to the Silurian Period 400 million years ago. Created by meltwater released from the retreating continental glacier some 15,000 years ago, the cool, moist gorge has maintained a diversity of native plants, such as the red baneberry bush, that are now rare elsewhere in Ohio. The Little Miami River powered grist and cotton mills, paper factories, and breweries in the gorge during the nineteenth century. In 1973 the upper gorge became a state nature preserve.
Marker Number: 7-29
County: Greene
Significance of Location: Place
Additional Coordinate: N 39° 47.939 W 083° 50.075
Additional Coordinate description:
Trailhead with a display of a section of a 300 year old white oak tree.
Bicentenial Mark: yes
Website address: Not listed
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