Sand Creek (Wyoming)

Sand Creek^[1]
Sand Creek
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Laramie Mountains
• coordinates	40°49′46″N 105°47′04″W / 40.82944°N 105.78444°W
Mouth
• location	Confluence with Laramie
• coordinates	41°12′56″N 105°43′52″W / 41.21556°N 105.73111°W
• elevation	7,185 ft (2,190 m)
U.S. National Natural Landmark
Designated	1984

Sand Creek is a stream noted for the "most spectacular examples of cross-bedded sandstone and topple blocks in North America".^[2] Sand Creek flows from the Laramie Mountains in Larimer County, Colorado into Albany County, Wyoming where it joins the Laramie River.^[1]

The area where Sand Creek crosses the border between Colorado and Wyoming (40°59′49″N 105°46′14″W / 40.99694°N 105.77056°W / 40.99694; -105.77056) was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1984.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "Sand Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
^ ^a ^b "National Registry of Natural Landmarks" (PDF). National Park Service. June 2009. p. 109. Retrieved 2011-08-04.

External links

"Sand Creek National Natural Landmark". National Park Service.

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[GNIS-1] "Sand Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-01-26.

[NRNL-2] "National Registry of Natural Landmarks" (PDF). National Park Service. June 2009. p. 109. Retrieved 2011-08-04.

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