Friday, July 11, 2014

Photos of the Day: Bell Rock and Courthouse Butte #Arizona

View of Bell Rock and Courthouse Butte from the Bell Rock Ranger Station. Bell Rock is in the middle and the Courthouse Butte is on the right.

Bell Rock is a popular tourist attraction just north of the Village of Oak Creek, Arizona, south of Sedona in Yavapai County. Its summit elevation is, It is just west of Courthouse Butte.

Geologically, Bell Rock is a butte, composed of horizontally bedded sedimentary rock of the Permian Supai Formation.

Below is a closer look of them both.