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S08.01.117Description
An outcrop of Black Hand Sandstone of the Cuyahoga Formation at Crane Hollow State Nature Preserve. Jane Ann and William Ellis organized Crane Hollow, Inc., in 1980 as a private, non-profit corporation that owns and administers the Crane Hollow Nature Preserve. The preserve encompasses more than 1,940 acres in Hocking County, Ohio. Access is by permit only to the 1,286 acres dedicated as a state nature preserve with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Natural Areas and Preserves. Crane Hollow State Nature Preserve is part of the unglaciated Allegheny Plateau, with elevations from 780 feet to 1,140 feet. Bedrock is from the Mississippian Geologic Period.
This slide image included in the USGS National Digital Catalog for NGGDPP Grant G15AP00115 in FY2015.Context
Layered sandstone outcrop. Crane Hollow State Nature Preserve in Hocking County, Ohio.