Comptons Gap and Fort Wyndham Rocks
Today we tackled #2 and #3 on our Shenandoah 500 list.
Compton Gap was first and it was a very nice and challenging hike to two lookouts and includes an interesting geologic feature. The west side lookout includes one of the best examples of columnar jointing visible in the Park and it was definitely worth the slightly longer walk past and below the lookout to see it.
Here is a picture of what the columnar jointing looks like:
Fort Wyndham Rocks hike was also a walk to an interesting geologic feature. The walk was a nice gentle slope for a short distance to the rocks.
According to the NPS brochure, "What’s so cool about Fort Windham rocks? It’s greenstone and is part of a series of lava flows that includes the Pedlar granodiorite - the oldest rocks in the Park. These are covered with lichen and weathering rapidly so you’ll see some wonderful colors".
It was definitely worth seeing.
Compton Gap was first and it was a very nice and challenging hike to two lookouts and includes an interesting geologic feature. The west side lookout includes one of the best examples of columnar jointing visible in the Park and it was definitely worth the slightly longer walk past and below the lookout to see it.
Here is a picture of what the columnar jointing looks like:
Fort Wyndham Rocks hike was also a walk to an interesting geologic feature. The walk was a nice gentle slope for a short distance to the rocks.
According to the NPS brochure, "What’s so cool about Fort Windham rocks? It’s greenstone and is part of a series of lava flows that includes the Pedlar granodiorite - the oldest rocks in the Park. These are covered with lichen and weathering rapidly so you’ll see some wonderful colors".
It was definitely worth seeing.
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