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The Castle Rock Campground derives its name from the many turrets and towers worn by erosion of the canyon walls. Once a primitive forest service campground, the site has been upgraded with modern bathrooms and serves as the campground for the nearby Fremont Indian State Park. The sites are well shaded and campers are treated to both sunrise and sunset lighting of the towers on either side of the canyon on either side of the day.
In this view, we are still in the shade at the east side of the canyon while the western wall is bright with the morning sunlight.
The soft pale rock is part of a large volume of ash deposited by volcanic eruptions here in the Tushar mountains of Utah around 15 million years ago. The ash solidified as it cooled into distinct layered rock known as tuff. Rock fragments are visible embedded here and there in the pale tuff, caught up and deposited with the ash during the volcanic eruptions.
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Utah is a state located in the westcentral region of the United States of America. Utah is the 13th largest state by area, ranks 34th by population and 10th by population density of the 50 United States. Utah was the 45th state to be admitted into the Union, on January 4, 1896. Utah is landlocked, being bordered by the states of Idaho to the north, Wyoming to the northeast, Nevada on the west, Colorado on the east and Arizona to the south. Utah is very mountainous and is a popular outing destination of the outdoorsman. The state population is about 2.82M with 95% being Caucasian, 2.4% Asian, 1.7% Native American and 1.3% Black. The state capital and largest city is Salt Lake City.Source: wikipedia
