Mountain Playgrounds 
Of the Pike National Forest Pase Twelve 
1,000 feet within a horizontal distance of about 200 feet; Silver 
Cascades and the Helen Hunt Falls, on the same stream; Green 
Mountain Falls, near the summer resort of that name; the series of 
falls in Cascade Creek, terminating just above the town of Cascade, 
in Ute Pass; Crystal Creek Falls; Ruxton Creek Falls, near the town 
of Manitou; Ruby Creek Falls, on a tributary of Little Bear Creek, in 
the Mount Evans region, where a silvery stream of water takes an 
abrupt drop of several hundred feet; and Elk Creek Falls. 
GEOLOGICAL FORMATIONS. 
Many unusual geological formations add interest to the Pike 
Forest region. Among these is the Tertiary Lake basin in the vicinity 
of Florissant, which contains numerous fossil beds where well-preserved 
‘specimens of plants, insects, birds, fish, and other forms of life of the 
Miocene period are embedded in volcanic shale. In this locality is 
also the famous petrified forest, one of the largest stumps of which 
has a diameter of 20 feet. The “Pikes Peak Ocean to Ocean Highway”’ 
passes through this lake basin, which may also be reached by stage 
from Divide on the Midland Terminal Railway running up Ute Pass, 
or by private automobile from Colorado Springs. 
There are also interesting geological formations in Waldo and 
Williams Canyons, near Manitou, where the sandstone walls have 
been worn by the action of water and weather into fantastic shapes. 
The beautiful Queens Canyon along Camp Creek, in the same general 
locality, with its precipitous walls and many hidden caves, also is 
of considerable geologic interest. 
SUMMER HOME SITES. 
Many people desire to spend a longer time on the National Forests 
than is represented by a trip of a few days or weeks. Under the act of 
Congress of March 4, 1915, sites for summer homes in the National 
Forests may be obtained for a term of years at a relatively small annual 
rental. : 
To meet the demands for summer-home sites in the Pike National 
Forest, 128 lots have been surveyed and plotted, and*maps and 
information regarding them, together with photographs of the areas, 
are kept on file in the supervisor’s office in Denver, These plots have 
been laid out only in such localities as are at present reasonably 
