And Caves
These are just a few of the sinkholes we have been to. We plan on adding others as we get pictures and coordinates.
Please note, these can be very dangerous places if you are not careful! If you have kids and/or pets with you, you must be very watchful of them. One wrong step and they can die! Retrieving their body can be very tough and expensive.
Sinkholes are found in limestone karst formations. They usually occur when water has formed a cavern and then the cavern collapses. A good indicator of the age of a sinkhole is the shape of the "bowl". A sink (Eagle Sink) with sheer walls is young compared to a sink (Stargate Sink) with a bowl shaped bottom. As a sink ages the walls erode away creating a bowl shape, the smoother the bowl sides the older the sink.
We will try to remember to include the type of vehicle needed to comfortably get to these sinks.
Just click on the thumbnail picture to go to the page to get the information for that sinkhole. Some of the sinkholes have no name listed on the topo maps we use, so we just named them WPT XX as in Waypoint number XX. We compared Google Earth and our topo maps to locate where these sinkholes are and tagged them with the WPT XX designations as we find them.
As a side note - there are many stories about "Spanish Gold" hidden in this area. One of them tells of where it is hidden. It claims directions to the gold is hidden in the bottom of a sinkhole on the Kaibab Plateau.
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Please note, these can be very dangerous places if you are not careful! If you have kids and/or pets with you, you must be very watchful of them. One wrong step and they can die! Retrieving their body can be very tough and expensive.
Sinkholes are found in limestone karst formations. They usually occur when water has formed a cavern and then the cavern collapses. A good indicator of the age of a sinkhole is the shape of the "bowl". A sink (Eagle Sink) with sheer walls is young compared to a sink (Stargate Sink) with a bowl shaped bottom. As a sink ages the walls erode away creating a bowl shape, the smoother the bowl sides the older the sink.
We will try to remember to include the type of vehicle needed to comfortably get to these sinks.
Just click on the thumbnail picture to go to the page to get the information for that sinkhole. Some of the sinkholes have no name listed on the topo maps we use, so we just named them WPT XX as in Waypoint number XX. We compared Google Earth and our topo maps to locate where these sinkholes are and tagged them with the WPT XX designations as we find them.
As a side note - there are many stories about "Spanish Gold" hidden in this area. One of them tells of where it is hidden. It claims directions to the gold is hidden in the bottom of a sinkhole on the Kaibab Plateau.
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