Castle Rock
| geology, interesting place, historic landmark
USA /
Minnesota /
Randolph /
World
/ USA
/ Minnesota
/ Randolph
World / United States / Minnesota
geology, interesting place, historic landmark
An interesting geologic feature on private property.
Castle Rock was a 45 foot tall natural sandstone formation settlers thought it had the appearance of medieval castle ruins. Time and erosion took their toll on the formation weakening it enough that a storm blew the top off of it after 1900.
www.dakotahistory.org/county/castlerock.asp
Castle Rock was a 45 foot tall natural sandstone formation settlers thought it had the appearance of medieval castle ruins. Time and erosion took their toll on the formation weakening it enough that a storm blew the top off of it after 1900.
www.dakotahistory.org/county/castlerock.asp
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandstone
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Coordinates: 44°33'2"N 93°7'27"W
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