Chitactac-Adams County Park

(San Francisco Bay Region 3D image tour)

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Chitactac-Adam Park is know for its abundant prehistoric rock art (spirals) and mortar grinding holes carved in outcrops of Temblor Sandstone (Miocene age.) Outcrops like this occur throughout this four acre park along Uvas Creek.

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The Temblor Sandstone displays unusual tafoni-style weathering in outcrops throughout the park.
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This large outcrop of Temblor Sandstone rises above Uvas Creek (which was in low flood at the time the picture was taken). The stream flows typically clear year-round.
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Last modified 11/24/2003