My favorite /out/ things are rock formations.
I will travel a great distance for a cool hike through interesting geological views.
Can we get a list going of the more interesting ones?
Badlands National Park in South Dakota comes to mind
>>656926
Badlands is on my list for this summer
Garden of the Gods in southern Illinois.
>>656964
Go to reptile world by rapid city while you're out there, little $5 mini zoo but it's cool as shit and you can take your dog
>>656979
>Garden of the Gods
There are two?
Is the midwest one as cool as the Colorado one?
>>656964
I went to badlands last year for the first time. It was really cool, I only spent a day there though. Definitely have to get kinda far into the trail for it to get really cool. I regret not spending a day checking out the "Badlands Wilderness" area.
damn I dont know what it is about this but its really really visually appealing to me for some reason
>>657018
I cant tell of they look more like penises or a KKK rally
Tent Rocks National Monument (your photo)
Goblin Valley State Park (Utah)
Needles District, Canyonlands National Park
(Utah)
Maze District, Canyonlands National Park (Utah)
Bryce Canyon Nation Park (Utah)
Moab, Utah
Just go to pretty much anywhere in southern Utah--no need to go anywhere else.
>>657415
Good formations in Big Bend and Joshua Tree national parks as well. Big Bend has parts of two mountain ranges and lots of old vulcanism, Joshua Tree is on the fault that's going to spill California into the Pacific when our grandchildren's grandchildren have grandchildren.
Boundary Cone in Arizona as well as the surrounding area in the southern Black Mountains is gorgeous. Had some field work out there last summer and enjoyed it thoroughly.
Glad to know there's some other geophiles on /out/
>>657360
>>657415
Former Conservation Worker here, southern Utah is THE PLACE YOU WANT TO BE.
Bryce Canyon NP, deserves several days alone. If suggest early morning or dusk walks amongst the Hoodoos.
Capital Reef national monument doesn't get enough love, and NF land to its east have some of the most beautiful mesas I've ever seen.
St. George alone has Snow Canyon State Park, Red Cliffs Conservation area in addition to Zion. Look up a store called. The Desert Rat, they'd be happy to give out pointers.
If southern Utah is out of range, then get to Dinosaur National Monument, especially echo point and flaming gorge.
>>657722
Sorry, Capital Reef NF land is West, but traveling east gets you some interesting views as well.
This thread needs more photos
>>657722
>Conservation Worker
You faggots all deserve to be in prison or at a minimum shoved foot first into a chipper
>>657445
>Good formations in Big Bend
meh
nothing special in Big Bend
So far out of the way I don't personally think it's worth the trip.
>>656964
>Badlands is on my list for this summer
Better off visiting the many badlands in the Wouthwest.
I haven't been to Badlands NP but that's a long way to go to see that and not much else.
The San Juan Basin in northwest corner of New Mexico has spectacular Badlands (Bisti and DeNaZin Wildernesses).
In addition, the BLM just a few years ago created four prote ted sets of badlands just west of Cuba, New Mexico in the San Juan Basin.
Then the 30 miles east between Capitol Reef National Park and Hanksville contains awesome badlands. In either of these places, you will be alone.
Bisti Badlands (San Juan Basin, New Mexico)
>>657023
Or a camouflaged NATO stockpile
Elephant Knees in Anza Borrego
No Tsingy? Gotta fix that.
>>658060
>Tsingy
Just googled that.
Wow, that is some cool shit.
>>658064
![tepui-venezuela-1[4].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/bsU6osf.jpg "tepui-venezuela-1[4].jpg")
>>656925
Always wanted to check out the tepuis
In ko pah mountains in Southern California. Beautiful landscape with enormous boulder mountains
Silver peak, Killarney ON
Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
Needles, Canyonlands National Park (Utah)
>>656999
I've never been to the one in Colorado, but this one allows you to climb on the rocks. Granted, some dumbasses always seem to ignore common sense and end up falling.
Navajo Nation, AZ.
painted hills, oregonfag speaking. if you like mountains, then coast range is gorgeous, and there are some interesting towers just off the coast, some close enough to climb on. most of the western half of the state is one massive basaltic flow from forever ago, eroded in varying degrees. theres glass butte, one of many almost entirely obsidian formations. come for the view, stay for the beer.
>>658074
Holy shit. That looks awesome!
Would totally build fort on top with inner tunnels connecting compounds.
>>657929
where is this?
