44: Rocky Mountain Fun Facts

Exploring the National Parks

Dirt In My Shoes

Science, Society & Culture:places & Travel, Nature, Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.8 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Who’s ready to learn some Rocky Mountain fun facts?! In this episode of Exploring the National Parks, we are sharing some fun facts about this park that you won’t find on the NPS website. John did some digging and found some fascinating facts, particularly about the rocks and mountains in this park. Let’s discuss what makes this national park so special! Join us as we cover: How old these rocks really are Punny jokes you can make in Rocky Mountain to impress your friends your and family The magma that brought the amazing colors in the rocks The Boulder Creek Batholith “The force” that’s raising the Rocky Mountains How this area of Colorado really wanted to be like Kansas Why John considers Rocky Mountain the “Reluctant National Park” The parts of this park that are considered tundra The fascinating human history of this national park We hope you enjoy these Rocky Mountain fun facts! The magic of this park is in the small details, and it truly is an incredible place to visit. If you are looking for help planning your next trip, head over to DirtInMyShoes.com to get your Rocky Mountain Itinerary! Check out the full show notes here.

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0:00.0	Medi-Clorians are raising Colorado above the surrounding states.
0:04.5	Do you believe me?
0:05.2	Yeah, that got real nerdy, real fast.
0:09.6	This is the Exploring the National Parks podcast with Dirt in My Shoes.
0:14.6	My name is Ash and I'm a former park ranger and the founder of Dirt in My Shoes.
0:18.7	I think that the parks are best seen from the trail, and I'm here to make National Park
0:23.6	trip planning easy.
0:25.1	And I'm John.
0:26.1	I carry the kids on the trails, tell stories, and notice all the things that Ash doesn't
0:30.2	care about much, like rocks.
0:33.4	Join us as we show you around America's spectacular national parks.
0:37.9	We're sharing our favorite places, fun facts, adventures, and misadventures.
0:41.9	And we'll even throw in a little trip planning.
0:44.7	Let's start exploring.
0:50.6	Before we start, I just would like to state that this park was so surprising to me.
0:57.5	It was, I thought that I understood how mountains generally were made and things like this,
1:02.6	but this one really blew me away. And not to keep everybody in suspense, but wow.
1:10.0	I'm excited.
1:12.3	John comes to me yesterday and he was like looking so downtrodden because he was like,
1:19.0	I can't find anything I need on the Rocky Mountain website.
1:23.9	And it's true.
1:25.6	It's so funny when you're navigating through the NPS.gov site.
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