6. Aerial view of Crown Butte

The photo above was contributed by the Nature Conservancy, the organization that owns the butte.

  • The blue dashed line indicates the path of our hike to the top of the butte. The blue line is about 2 miles long.

  • The X is about where the Nature Conservancy's plaque is located, and is also where the photos of the cliffs were taken (you will see these later in this virtual field trip).

  • The Z marks the location of the columnar jointing photo which you will also see later.

The model shown below provides another perspective. It has a vertical exaggeration of about 2X.

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7. Ridges tell where the magma came from