Lighthouse Rock
by Joan Carroll
Title
Lighthouse Rock
Artist
Joan Carroll
Medium
Photograph - Digital Art
Description
It's the biggest canyon no one has heard of and the second largest canyon in the country: Palo Duro Canyon located near the Texas panhandle city of Amarillo. One of the best-known and the major signature feature of the canyon is the Lighthouse Rock. It's a 6 mile roundtrip hike to the rock and definitely worth the trip! Once you make the final climb and stand atop this tabletop, you feel very powerful! But it's a hot hike and do not minimize the importance of bringing ALOT of water! The Canyon is 120 miles long, as much as 20 miles wide, and has a maximum depth of more than 800 feet. Its elevation at the rim is 3,500 feet above sea level. Palo Duro Canyon was formed by water erosion from the Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River. Palo Duro Canyon State Park opened on July 4, 1934. The Civilian Conservation Corps of the 1930's constructed most of the buildings and roads still in use by park staff and visitors. I am thankful today for the investment made by the government over 80 years ago to preserve this wonderful treasure and make it accessible to us nearly a century later.
FEATURED PHOTO, Art for Ever with You group, 7/21/18
FEATURED PHOTO, Best Of The Loan Star State group, 6/22/18
FEATURED PHOTO, Art District group, 6/18/18
FEATURED PHOTO, 1 A Day Waiting Room Art group, 8/31/15
FEATURED PHOTO, Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery group, 8/28/15
FEATURED PHOTO, The Road To Self Promotion group, 6/21/15
FEATURED PHOTO, Landscape and Landmark Photography group, 6/21/15
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June 20th, 2015
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Comments (135)
Barbara Cooledge
I should have hiked there. Beautiful place and photo. Gorgeous colors there and in your photo!
Jan Mulherin
Congratulations!! This beautiful image has been selected to be featured for the week in the “Art for Ever with You” Group Home Page. You are welcome to add a preview of this featured image to the group’s discussion post titled “2018 July: Stunning Group Featured Images and Thank-you’s” for a permanent display within the group, to share this achievement with others. If the activity is allowed, your image will also be posted to our group Google+ page. Thank you for your participation in the group! ~Jan (July 21, 2018)
Denise Crawford
Congratulations Joan your beautiful work has been featured in the group 'Best Of The Loan Star State'. Beautiful! l/f/pin
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