The Field Atlas
0/363Volcanic chapter · 32.01° N · 109.36° W
Fig. 1A stone forest falling away toward the sky island
A rhyolite tuff field eroded into balanced rocks and stone columns — a sky-island forest standing in a volcanic hoodoo garden.
The Chiricahuas are a Madrean sky island. Heart of Rocks is a maze of balanced rhyolite. On a wet day the lichen turns the stone chartreuse.
A private leaf
Instant paper, this copy only. Write on the white — a line the walk still owes you.
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Opening the leaf…
Onward
The nearest plates, by the miles.
City of Rocks90 miles · New MexicoCXX
Gila Wilderness106 miles · New MexicoLXXXII
Saguaro National Park107 miles · ArizonaCCXXXVI
Picacho Peak128 miles · ArizonaCCXLVII
Weaver's Needle153 miles · ArizonaCCXXXIX
Organ Mountains165 miles · New MexicoCXV
Mogollon Rim182 miles · ArizonaCCCLI
White Sands185 miles · New MexicoVIVolcanic chapter
Other US volcanic plates. See all volcanic destinations in the USA
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