Little Devils Postpile

Little Devils Postpile

Little Devils Postpile, in Yosemite National Park, is a set of columnar joints in a basalt plug resembling the Devils Postpile formation. It is located along the Tuolumne River a few miles west of Tuolumne Meadows.

References / External Links

* National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior: [http://www.nps.gov/depo/ Devils Postpile National Monument]
* Schaffer, Jeffrey P. "Evolution of the Yosemite Landscape -- Late-Cenozoic Volcanism and Faulting" in [http://gorp.away.com/gorp/publishers/wildernesspress/yosemite/hik_yosem210.htm One Hundred Hikes in Yosemite]


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