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Bighorn Canyon National Recreation AreaThree Pryor Mountain horses in the snow
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Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
Things To Know Before You Come
Red chugwater cliffs at Horseshoe Bend, photo by Sharon Genaux  

Did You Know?
There are five distinct rock layers exposed in the ridge at Horseshoe Bend. The Sundance Formation contains marine fossils such as gryphaea, belemnites, and crinoid stems. Above the Sundance, the Morrison Formation, of Jurassic age, contains diplodocus and allosaurus dinosaur fossils.
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Last Updated: July 27, 2006 at 15:13 EST