City of Rocks

City of Rocks (HML5F)

Location: Oakley, ID 83346 Cassia County
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Country: United States of America
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N 42° 16.478', W 113° 52.928'

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A vast display of towering granite rocks (16 miles southeast of here) attracted emigrants who were on their way to California.

A gold rush visitor, July 14, 1849, reported that "you can imagine among these massive piles, church domes, spires, pyramids...with a little fancying you can see anything from the Capitol at Washington to a lowly thatched cottage." Emigrants who never had seen anything like that before were impressed by so many "rocks of the most singular shapes." City of Rocks is a National Historic Landmark as well as a National Natural Landmark.
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HM NumberHML5F
Series This marker is part of the California Trail series, and the Idaho: Idaho State Historical Society series.
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Marker Number344
Placed ByIdaho Historical Society
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Date Added Wednesday, September 3rd, 2014 at 4:39pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)12T E 262327 N 4684292
Decimal Degrees42.27463333, -113.88213333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 42° 16.478', W 113° 52.928'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds42° 16' 28.68" N, 113° 52' 55.68" W
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Area Code(s)208
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1794 ID-27, Oakley ID 83346, US
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