Weeping rock
Weeping Rock is a rock formation in Zion National Park in the southwestern US state of Utah at which a hillside spring emerges. It is a bowl-shaped niche in the Temple of Sinawava , in which the lower sandstone layer was washed away, so that an overhanging rock was created. Rainwater is absorbed by the Navajo sandstone and seeps down through the rock. When it hits the harder, less permeable Kayenta layer , it finds another path and drips out of the rock. The hanging gardens , the most famous plant of which is the Foster's Columbine (Aquilegia Fosteri), formed on the rock .
There is a 600 meter long paved hiking trail with a 30 meter difference in altitude to Weeping Rock. In its course it offers spectacular views of the Great White Throne and parts of the Zion Canyon. The trail ends on a platform under the overhanging rock behind a curtain of water droplets. The hanging garden at Weeping Rock is the only one of several of its kind in Zion National Park to which a direct trail leads.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Weeping Rock Trail , accessed September 2, 2013.
- ^ Zions Weeping Rock , accessed September 2, 2013.
- ↑ Hanging Garden (PDF; 1.4 MB), accessed on September 2, 2013.
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Coordinates: 37 ° 16 ′ 20.29 " N , 112 ° 56 ′ 10.78" W.