Lake Lenore Caves State Park

State park in Washington (state), United States

47°28′N 119°31′W / 47.467°N 119.517°W / 47.467; -119.517Area155 acres (63 ha)OperatorWashington State Parks and Recreation CommissionProperty information from Grant County assessor[1]

Lake Lenore Caves State Park is a Washington State Park in the Lenore Canyon extending into the hills from the shore of Lake Lenore. It is part of the Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail. Lake Lenore and the rock shelter "caves" were caused by basalt coulee cliffs underscoured by the Missoula floods, the same floods that created the Channeled Scablands.[2][3]

There are indications that Native Americans used the caves for shelter.[4][5][6] Some petroglyphs are in the caves.[7]

References

  1. ^ Grant County Assessor, parcels 161066000 and 161061000 via MapSifter
  2. ^ Soennichsen 2012, p. 133.
  3. ^ Lillquist 2015, p. 27.
  4. ^ Sinotte & DeLay 1996, p. 205.
  5. ^ Lillquist 2015, p. 31.
  6. ^ Brian J. Cantwell (July 27, 2013), "Water, warmth and wonders at Sun Lakes/Dry Falls State Park", The Seattle Times
  7. ^ Kruse 2009, p. 338.

Sources

  • Sinotte, B.; DeLay, P. (1996). Oregon and Washington Parks Guide. Hunter Publishing. ISBN 978-1-55650-736-6. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
  • Soennichsen, John (2012), Washington's Channeled Scablands Guide: Explore and Recreate Along the Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail, The Mountaineers Books, ISBN 9781594854842
  • Kruse, J. (2009). Great Places Washington: A Recreational Guide to Washington's Public Lands and Historic Places for Birding, Hiking, Photography, Fishing, Hunting, and Camping. Great Places Series. Wilderness Adventures Press, Incorporated. ISBN 978-1-932098-69-3.
  • Lillquist, Karl (November 8, 2015), Lower Grand Coulee Field Trip Guide, Ice Age Floods Institute, pp. 25–31

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