Encyclopedia >  Places  >  United States, Canada, and Greenland  >  U.S. Physical Geography

Garden of the Gods

Garden of the Gods, park, 770 acres (312 hectares), central Colo., near Colorado Springs; noted for its unusual, multicolored rock formations. Narrow-crested sandstone hills and ridges have been eroded into fascinating groups with such fanciful names as Kissing Camels. Gray Rock serves as a natural amphitheater.

The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.

More on Garden of the Gods from Fact Monster:

See more Encyclopedia articles on: U.S. Physical Geography