Sand Creek (Albany County, Wyoming)
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Sand Creek is a stream noted for the "most spectacular examples of cross-bedded sandstone and topple blocks in North America". Sand Creek flows from the Laramie Mountains
in Larimer County, Colorado
into Albany County, Wyoming where it joins the Laramie River
.
The area where Sand Creek crosses the border between Colorado and Wyoming(40°59′49"N 105°46′14"W) was designated a National Natural Landmark
in 1984.
Laramie Mountains
The Laramie Mountains are a range of moderately high peaks on the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains in the U.S states of Wyoming and Colorado. The range is the northernmost extension of the line of the ranges along the eastern side of the Rockies, and in particular of the higher peaks of the...
in Larimer County, Colorado
Larimer County, Colorado
Larimer County is the seventh most populous and the ninth most extensive of the 64 counties of the State of Colorado of the United States. The county is located at the northern end of the Front Range, at the edge of the Colorado Eastern Plains along the border with Wyoming...
into Albany County, Wyoming where it joins the Laramie River
Laramie River
The Laramie River is a tributary of the North Platte River, approximately long, in the U.S. states of Colorado and Wyoming.It rises in northern Colorado, in the Roosevelt National Forest in the Front Range, in western Larimer County...
.
The area where Sand Creek crosses the border between Colorado and Wyoming(40°59′49"N 105°46′14"W) was designated a National Natural Landmark
National Natural Landmark
The National Natural Landmark program recognizes and encourages the conservation of outstanding examples of the natural history of the United States. It is the only natural areas program of national scope that identifies and recognizes the best examples of biological and geological features in...
in 1984.
See also
- List of National Natural Landmarks
- List of rivers of Colorado
- List of rivers of Wyoming