with Richard Little, Geologist
Friday, November 3, 7pm – 8:30pm (indoor presentation)
Saturday, November 4, 9am – 12pm (field trip)
Members $32/Non-members $40
Space is limited. Register here.
The Holyoke Range runs east-west extending to the west from the Amherst area and then curves southward extending across Connecticut. It is composed of more than 400 feet of basalt lava formed during the Age of Dinosaurs’ Jurassic Period. Find out about the development of this significant major landscape feature, the backbone of the Connecticut River Valley in Massachusetts and Connecticut. You will learn about Pangaea, flood basalts, dikes, sills, glaciers, and the development of the Connecticut Valley, its dramatic topography and Lake Hitchcock. And you will see some fascinating rock formations! Many interesting mysteries will be unraveled in this program.