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21 <br /> aft4F 7jp i <br /> f/` • 4 t <br /> M <br /> Daum <br /> INA <br /> a Trail Location and Feature Description <br /> ��. 1. Bike Trail <br /> 5` Fin-shaped outcrop of metamorphosed <br /> dacitic tuff on Bike Trail.Easily accessible <br /> location from parking area. (Zhe/pl) <br /> 2. Paved Walking Loop <br /> Rounded outcrop of metamorphosed pla- <br /> gioclase crystal-rich tuffaceous sandstone. <br /> Geologic Map of the <' a <br /> Little River Regional Park Ji4 ; � Located adjacent to Loop at intersection <br /> and Natural Area with BlkeTrail. (Zhe/pl) <br /> 1� Point of Geologic Interest / <br /> 0 250500 1.000 1,500 20 0 A' I 3. Bird Trail <br /> Large fin-shaped outcrop of metamor- <br /> Figure 3 phosed conglomerate. Fragments of rock <br /> Map of Points of Geological Interest in Little River Park are easily visible on surface of rock. (Zhe/pl) <br /> 4. South River Loop <br /> Topography Outcrop area of reddish-colored,metamor- <br /> phosed tuffaceous sandstones,tuffs and <br /> Orange and Durham counties are located in north-cen- dacites. (Zhe/pl) <br /> tral North Carolina.This area is within the eastern <br /> Piedmont topographic region,which extends from 5. Access Trail <br /> southern portions of New York into northern Alabama. Area of boulders,cobbles and small out- <br /> The Piedmont is one of three geographic divisions in crops of reddish-colored metamorphosed <br /> North Carolina and comprises almost half the land in sandstones and conglomerates near the <br /> the state.The state's Piedmont region begins along the geologic contact(location where rock type <br /> changes) between the Zhdlt(u)and Zhe/ <br /> southeastern slope of the Blue Ridge Mountains and <br /> continues eastward to the edge of the Coastal Plain. pl units on the Access Trail connecting the <br /> The Piedmont region generally consists of gently rolling Ridge Trail to the South River Loop. <br /> hills. Elevations within Little River Park range from 470 6. North River Loop <br /> feet above mean sea level along the North Fork Little Outcrops and blocks used in construction of <br /> River to 600 feet above mean sea level near the western the former mill dam. (Zhdlt(u)) <br /> property line of the park(Legacy,2009). <br /> 7. North River Loop <br /> Fin-shaped outcrop of metamorphosed tuff <br /> located between trail marker 77 and 79 on <br /> the North River Loop trail. (Zhablt) <br /> October 2021 9 <br />