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Garden of the Gods
Garden of the Gods is a public park located in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Entrance is free according to the wish of Charles Elliott Perkins, whose children donated the land to the city in 1909. Popular for hiking, rock climbing, road and mountain biking and horseback riding, it attracts more than two million visitors a year. The outstanding geologic features of the park are the ancient sedimentary beds of red, blue, purple and white sandstones, conglomerates and limestone that were deposited horizontally, but have now been tilted vertically and faulted by the immense mountain building forces caused by the uplift of the Pikes Peak massif. Evidence of past ages, ancient seas, eroded remains of ancestral mountain ranges, alluvial fans, sandy beaches and great sand dune fields can be read in the rocks. There are many fossils to be seen, including marine forms, plant fossils and some dinosaur fossils.
 
 
 
 
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