Self Guided Geology Tours
Earthmaps is pleased to provide the service of self-guided geology field trips. The field trip guides are put together by Whitehall Geogroup, Inc., which is to say that the guides are done by two Ph.D. earth scientists, both of whom have several decades experience in field geology. We offer both pre-compiled field trip guides and guides for custom designed field trips. Our pre-compiled field trip guides are presently for areas in southwestern Montana. Custom designed field trip guides can be provided for other areas of geologic interest. All field trip guides are presented in Adobe Acrobat pdf format.
Petrified Forest Field Guide
The hike is in that part of the Gallatin Petrified Forest that is located in the Tom Miner Basin (approximately 37 miles south of Livingston, Montana). The field trip winds through a part of the Gallatin National Forest, and is about two miles in length. Access to the trailhead is by county road, and can be reached by passenger car.
The Gallatin Petrified Forest field trip guide is formatted to 12 pages that are standard letter size. The guide includes 11 photographs of geology viewed during the hike, 2 maps (a topographical map with hiking information and a road map), one line diagram, and text detailing the petrified forest deposits. Cost for the field trip guide is $5.00 USD for a pdf file download or email attachment. The file is 5.03 MB in size..
We use PayPal's secure payment web site to do our payment transactions. To order the Gallatin Petrified Forest Self-Guided Geology Tour click on the desired field trip media option as shown on the PayPal shopping cart icon below. The guide can be emailed to you or you can request a download of the file from the Glide Digital website.
Gallatin Petrified Forest Guide - pdf format:
Fairy Lake to Sacagawea Peak (Northern Bridger Range) Hike
There are two hikes contained within this guide for the Fairy Lake area, an area which is located in the northern Bridger Range, approximately 22 miles north of Bozeman, Montana. Both hikes are in the Gallatin National Forest. One hike, from Fairy Lake to Sacagawea Peak is about 4.4 miles in length. The other hike, a loop around Fairy Lake, is about 1.2 miles in length. Access to the trailhead is by a Forest Service road, and can be reached by passenger car after July 1. The hike from Fairy Lake to Sacagawea Peak takes the hiker through a fairly complete section of Paleozoic rocks. The loop around Fairy Lake winds through a part of the Mesozoic section of rocks.
The Fairy Lake Field Trip Guide is formatted to 15 pages that are standard letter size. The guide includes 19 photographs of geology viewed during the hike, 3 maps (2 topographic maps with hiking information and one road map), a geologic time scale, and text detailing the geology along the hike. Cost for the field trip guide is $5.00 USD for a pdf file download or emailed as an attachment.
To order the Gallatin Petrified Forest Self-Guided Geology Tour click on the desired field trip media option as shown on the PayPal shopping cart icon below. The guide can be emailed to you or you can request a download of the file from the Glide Digital website.
Gallatin Petrified Forest Guide - pdf format:
Gallatin Petrified Forest Guide and the Fairy Lake/Sacagawea Peak Guide CD
The Gallatin Petrified Forest and Fairy Lake - Sacagawea Peak Field Trip Guides can also be ordered together on one cd-rom. This cd will autorun on a PC, and thus will boot up the Adobe Acrobat application on the PC. The particular self-guided field trip can then be selected from the introduction page shown in Acrobat Reader. The price for this package is $13.50 USD, and will be mailed using USPS First Class Mail. To order these guides click on the PayPal shopping cart icon below:
The Self-Guided Fieldtrip CD-ROM can also be ordered from the American Association of Petroleum Geologists' On-Line Bookstore. Click on : AAPG Bookstore to link to their ordering page.
Custom Designed Field Trips
The custom designed field trips may be offered for any area specified by a client. Because the time devoted to a custom field trip is based upon the specific request, contact us at earthmapsmt@gmail.com or whgeol@gmail.com to receive a cost estimate for this field trip option. Please insert "custom designed field trips" as the subject of your email to insure that your email is not accidentally deleted!
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