Jackass Mountain conglomerate glacial erratic, Blaine, Washington.

Geology trip to Nodule Point, Marrowstone Island, Washington.

Geology hike on the Gold Mine Trail, Sumas Mountain, Whatcom County: conglomerates and a mining scam.

Geology guide to the Oyster Dome, Blanchard Mountain.

Geology Guide to the Blue Lake Trail (Washington Pass).

Geology Guide to Hidden Lakes Trail, North Cascades, Washington.

Geology Guide to Cougar Divide, Mount Baker.

Geology field trip to metamorphosed marine lava and sediment at Burlington Hill, Skagit Valley, Washington.

Field trip to the Wells Creek volcanics, North Fork Nooksack River.

Fidalgo Ophiolite, Part 2: Mount Erie and the ocean crust.

Fidalgo Ophiolite, Part 1: A bit of the mantle at Washington Park, Anacortes.

Beach 4, Olympic Coast: folded rocks, overturned turbidite beds, an angular unconformity, seastacks, and a great beach walk.

Baker River limestone and the town of Concrete, Washington.

BOOK: Geology Underfoot in Western Washington.

One of the best places to get a degree in geology in the entire Northwest: BA, BS, MS.

Western Washington University, Geology Department.

Odds and ends about Washington geomorphology by Whatcom County geologist Dan McShane. John takes great photos of mountains and glaciers of the Northwest USA and British Columbia

Some of my favorite NW Geology websitesĬentral and eastern Washington geology: Virtual field trips, lectures, interviews.

You will surely find something of interest on this list, which is constantly being updated.Ībout urban geology and the stone we build withĪ website about volcano research at Mount Baker in the North Cascades, eruptive history, publications, and links to other Baker-related volcanology sites You can see that the builders of the old buildings downtown supported their local sandstone quarry. Stroll down the block to see the Tenino Bank. What geologist could pass that up? And the grub is good, too. If you visit Tenino, check out the Sandstone Cafe.

David has done the job, and very well at that. I couldn’t get ahold of anyone to take me around the gated quarry, so put it aside for another time.

I visited Tenino as I was passing through the area earlier this month, thinking a visit to the quarry would make a great field trip. There is a new link to David’s website in the column at right. David is the author of Stories in Stone- Travels Through Urban Geology which can be ordered from Powell’s if your local book store can’t get it (support your local book store!). He takes us for a tour of the working quarry, where sandstone building and sculpture blocks are cut. His February 23rd, 2010 story tells us about the Tenino sandstone quarry, in that small town SE of Olympia and NE of Centralia. Seattle author and geologist David Williams has a wonderful website focusing on ‘ Urban Geology’ which he describes as the ‘interfingering between people and rock’.

Cascadia's Fault by Jerry Thompson