The Sedona Red Rocks are situated in Central Arizona within newly developed Red Rock State Park. Trails and walkways wind around striking pinnacles of red sandstone rock. The redness, in reality is the rust and the color of the rock is due to the presence of iron. Sedona along with its surrounding area is a real paradise for visitors.
Coconino National Forest, a part of Red Rock Street Wilderness Mountains, maintained by the US forest service also comprises the red rocks. Red rocks in monolithic majestic shapes as well as deep, narrow canyons bounded by buttes, arches and cliffs were formed due to millions of years of soil and water erosion. Iron oxide flowing in the erosive waters washed over through absorbent sandstone and left warm shades of red.
Ponderosa pine forests that decline into a dry lowland desert are present on the high mountains. The valleys are full of vegetation and wildlife and the rough land in this area protects the area against the ever increasing traffic of the tourists.
The development of this area goes back to its history of more than 300 million years ago when Central Arizona was under water. These rocks possess an initial layer made from shells of mixed sea creatures. The sediment that eroded quite easily was deposited as the sea dried out and the rivers formed and flowed. Today, they are known as red sandstone. The sand was then deposited in a delta by the rivers that later became Sedona.
Rocks from the old sea to land to river formations have great color and form the background of today’s Sedona. As per the researchers, roughly 2,000 feet of rock covers the complete area of Sedona.
Several things have happened within a million years of time. There were also climatic changes along with the geological changes and the combination resulted in the formation of the Red Rocks.
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