YMCA Water Park Red Cones

The Red Cones are a pair of cinder cones near Devils Postpile National Monument, in eastern Madera County of central California. They are within the eastern Sierra Nevada and Inyo National Forest. The Red Cones last erupted approximately 5000 years ago, with both cinder eruption, and a basalt flow from the southern cone, which flowed approximately 1.5 k…
The Red Cones are a pair of cinder cones near Devils Postpile National Monument, in eastern Madera County of central California. They are within the eastern Sierra Nevada and Inyo National Forest. The Red Cones last erupted approximately 5000 years ago, with both cinder eruption, and a basalt flow from the southern cone, which flowed approximately 1.5 kilometers towards the upper Middle Fork of the San Joaquin River.
  • Elevation: 8,960 ft (2,730 m)
  • Location: Madera County, California, United States
  • Rock age: 8500 years
  • Mountain type: Cinder cone
  • Last eruption: 5000 years ago
Data from: en.wikipedia.org