RED ROCK CANYON State Park Images

Red Rock Canyon State Park is located 45 minutes west of my home, so the park offers an easy place to go and create new images on the spur of the moment. The canyon was made an Oklahoma state park in 1956. Native Americans used the canyon as a refuge from the strong North winds that dominate the area during the winter months. In addition, there is a short section of the California Road which was a connecting route to other trails heading West during the Gold Rush in California, thus the name.
Although the park is not a deep canyon, being only 60 feet in depth, the photographic opportunities are quite varied. There are no truly wide vistas, but detail shots are abundant allowing one to separate out small vignettes of flora against the backdrop of the red Permian Age sandstone, as can be seen in some of the images below.