Stairway For a Closeup of the Sidling Hill Road Cut, I-68, Washington County, Maryland, 2006.“
Stairway For a Closeup of the Sidling Hill Road Cut, I-68, Washington County, Maryland, 2006.“One of the best rock exposures in Maryland and indeed in the entire northeastern United States is located approximately 6 miles west of Hancock in Washington County, where Interstate 68 cuts through Sideling Hill. Almost 810 feet of strata in a tightly folded syncline are exposed in this road cut. Although other exposures may surpass Sideling Hill in either thickness of exposed strata or in quality of geologic structure, few can equal its combination of both. This exposure is an excellent outdoor classroom where students of geology can observe and examine various sedimentary rock types, structural features, and geomorphic relationships.”Source: Maryland Geological Survey. -- source link
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