Geology Picture of the Week, July 20-26, 2003: A WhereIsIt? super-challenge

I'm not telling | ???

[cogitator]

If you can figure out where this is, and what it's called, (without looking at the page source) then you've been around! (There's one clue in the keywords.)

[cogitator]

** ping **

(no fair peeking!)

[Lil'freeper]

My best guess is that it's not in the Southwest.

[cogitator]

My best guess is that it's not in the Southwest.

That's a good start.

[Rosencrantz]

I'll guess Natural Bridge in VA

[doodad]

I second your guess.

[FormerRep]

Stone Bridge in Kentucky. Just a guess - we have a number of natural stone bridges (sinkhole collapses leaving the former ceiling of the cave system)in northern central Tennessee and southern Kentucky.

[cogitator]

Nope, but you're getting closer. See following posts in thread.

[Renfield]

Natural Bridge, at Natural Bridge State Park, Wolfe County, Kentucky.

[cogitator]

Natural Bridge, at Natural Bridge State Park, Wolfe County, Kentucky.

Really, really close! Right region, wrong feature.

[cogitator]

Stone Bridge in Kentucky. Just a guess - we have a number of natural stone bridges (sinkhole collapses leaving the former ceiling of the cave system)in northern central Tennessee and southern Kentucky.

You're in the zone. See reply to Renfield below.

[Renfield]

OK, then....Gray's Arch?

[drgnwrks]

This is a Stone Bridge in N-NW PA near bradford/olean ny. I forget the name of the park.

[Renfield]

Or could it be Sky Bridge?

[nothingnew]

Hey! That's an image from Courics' colonoscopy!

FMCDH

[I_Love_My_Husband]

Beautiful!

I was going to guess Yosemite....

[cogitator]

OK, then....Gray's Arch?

Since there are a number of arches in that area, it wouldn't be fair to make you guess each one. It's Sky Bridge. For those following along, in the Red River Gorge Area of the Daniel Boone National Forest, there are a number of stone bridges and arches. The most impressive (Natural Bridge) has it's own state park. I've been to this area twice, and even though it only looks like a hop-skip-and-jump from Frederick, MD through West Virginia, there are no direct routes through West Virginia, so I haven't been there for awhile. But it's a very scenic area, and relatively unknown compared to more "famous" places like the Great Smokies and Shenandoah National Parks.

[cogitator]

Or could it be Sky Bridge?

Yes indeed. See reply immediately above, if you haven't already.

[Renfield]

I misspent my youth in the Red River Gorge. I haven't been there in almost 25 years...I suppose I should go back. When I first started going there in the 60's, almost no-one knew about it. Nowadays, unless you go in the dead of winter, it's hard even to find a place to park.

[cogitator]

I misspent my youth in the Red River Gorge. I haven't been there in almost 25 years...I suppose I should go back. When I first started going there in the 60's, almost no-one knew about it. Nowadays, unless you go in the dead of winter, it's hard even to find a place to park.

I guess it's not as unknown as it used to be! I really enjoyed camping at Natural Bridge SP.