REMARKS: An excellent view of an outstanding scenic gorge in the High Plateau; one of the most wildly beautiful and remote sights in Pennsylvania. Small waterfalls in tributaries to Loyalsock Creek are common. Resistant conglomerates of the Pottsville Group (Pennsylvania age) cap the plateau at this site.
REMARKS: Rock cliffs, ledges, and boulders of sandstone and siltstone of the Mauch Chunk Formation (Mississippian age). Crevices and narrow passage-ways between the outcrops are similar to the Labyrinth (77) at Canyon Vista. Examples of flaggy-bedded and crossbedded siltstone and sandstone are magnificent.
REMARKS: Waterfalls, remoteness, wild, highly scenic - all characterize this gorge and Kettle Creek Gorge (53) immediately to the south, Angel Falls (54) (Shrewsbury Township) in the Kettle Creek area is the outstanding falls of the region. Both Dry Run and Kettle Creek are tributaries to Loyalsock Creek and, with other tributaries, combine to form the very large Loyalsock Creek Gorge (55).
REMARKS: Large "haystack-like" outcrops protrude from the streambed, forming a highly scenic and unusual geologic site in a wild river gorge. The Burgoon Sandstone (Mississippian age) underlies the river for only a short distance at this site and, being a highly resistant, hard rock, has weathered slowly to the unusual forms seen here.
Above and below this site the riverbed is underlain by softer, more easily and faster eroded siltstones, sandstones, and shales (Mississippian-Devonian Burgoon-Catskill Formation transition zone).
REMARKS: The site provides an outstanding vista of the High Plateau; the view extends over seven counties, and is one of the most beautiful and breathtaking in the eastern United States. Conglomerate of the Pottsville Group (Pennsylvanian age) underlies the highest elevation of the knob, whereas the Loyalhanna Limestone and sandstone of the Mauch Chunk Formation (Mississippian age) underlie the rim and overlook.
REMARKS: A magnificently scenic overlook of a gorge in the "High Plateau Country."
REMARKS: An area of large blocks of crossbedded Pottsville conglomerate (Pennsylvanian age), which have weathered along vertical fractures to form an intricate series of deep, narrow passageways. The fracture openings range from 1 to 3 feet wide, are between 10 and 20 feet deep, and generally intersect at right angles.
REMARKS: The falls are extremely picturesque as the water plunges over flat-lying red sandstones of the Catskill Formation (Devonian age). Buttermilk Falls (80) to the west in Fox Township, about 0.7 mile south of the village of Shunk on PA Route 154, is very similar.
REMARKS: A block of flat-lying, brown and green sandstone (Catskill Formation, Devonian age), 3 by 8 feet in cross section, 6 feet thick, resting on a pedestal that is 18 by 30 inches. The outcrop is on the rim of the Allegheny Ridge; an excellent example of differential weathering.
REFERENCE: Pennsylvania Department of Internal Affairs (1939), Ticklish Rock - One of State's curious formations, Pennsylvania Department of Internal Affairs Monthly Bulletin 7, no. 11, p. 3-4.
REMARKS: A view of the High Plateau and its tabletop-like summits and deeply dissected stream valleys.