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S07.04.015Description
Conkles Hollow Arch is a natural arch of resistant Mississippian Geologic Period Black Hand Sandstone in Conkle’s Hollow State Nature Preserve, Hocking County, Ohio. The Natural Arch and Bridge Society defines a natural arch as “a rock exposure that has a hole completely through it formed by the natural, selective removal of rock, leaving a relatively intact frame.”
Information taken from Ohio’s Natural Arches by Timothy A. Snyder (Ohio Geological Survey, Education Leaflet No. 18, Revised Edition, 2014) and Rainbows of Rock, Tables of Stone: The Natural Arches and Pillars of Ohio by Timothy A. Snyder (McDonald & Woodward: Granville, Ohio, 2009) and Natural Bridges in Ohio by Michael C. Hansen (Ohio Geological Survey, Ohio Geology Newsletter, Summer 1988).
This slide image included in the USGS National Digital Catalog for NGGDPP Grant G15AP00115 in FY2015.Context
Front-facing view of rock arch. Conkles Hollow Arch in Conkles Hollow State Nature Preserve.