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City of Rocks State Park Portfolio

The spikey leaves of yucca are silhouetted against blue sunset mountains in City of Rocks State Park, New Mexico.

A dramatic sunset view taken through the eroded tuff pinnacles of City of Rocks State Park in New Mexico.

A dramatic sunset view taken through the eroded tuff pinnacles of City of Rocks State Park in New Mexico.

The branches of an ocotillo are silhouetted against blue sunset mountains in City of Rocks State Park, New Mexico.

A path, sometimes called a "street," winds through the eroded tuff formations in City of Rocks State Park between Deming and Silver City, New Mexico.

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A windmill and water tank stand on the edge of City of Rocks at sunset.

A windmill and water tank stand on the edge of City of Rocks at sunset.

A windmill and water tank stand on the edge of City of Rocks at sunset.

A windmill and water tank stand on the edge of City of Rocks at sunset.

A dramatic sunset view taken through the eroded tuff pinnacles of City of Rocks State Park in New Mexico.

A dramatic sunset view taken through the eroded tuff pinnacles of City of Rocks State Park in New Mexico.

A dramatic sunset view taken through the eroded tuff pinnacles of City of Rocks State Park in New Mexico.

A tuff pinnacle that is slowly eroding into separate spires looks like a huddle of referees with a light shining in the center. Taken in City of Rocks State Park, New Mexico.

A view taken from one of the "streets," looking up through the eroded pinnacles in City of Rocks State Park, New Mexico.

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This eroded grouping of tuff pinnacles is evocative of a familiar religious scene. Taken in City of Rocks State Park, New Mexico.

A "family" of pinnacles stand as still as stone while having their portrait taken in City of Rocks State Park, New Mexico.

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Subtle variations in the color of the Kneeling Nun Tuff are highlighted in this late afternoon closeup of overlapping fins and pinnacles in City of Rocks State Park, New Mexico.

This eroded tuff looks like a sentinel standing guard at one of the portals into City of Rocks in New Mexico.

Century plant in City of Rocks State Park in New Mexico.

A view of Pegasus North Campground at the north end of City of Rocks State Park in New Mexico.

View of the Chihuahuan desert from City of Rocks State Park in New Mexico.

View of desert and a slice of sky taken in City of Rocks State Park in New Mexico.

A shadow provides a sinuous component to this slit between two pinnacles giving the whole arrangement a sinuous quality. Taken in City of Rocks State Park between Deming and Silver City, New Mexico.

This upturned pinnacle of eroded Kneeling Nun Tuff looks about to teeter off its base in City of Rocks State Park, New Mexico.

This balanced rock sits stop an eroded tuff pinnacle amd rests against a neighboring pinnacle in City of Rocks State Park near Silver City, New Mexico.

Sunrise shadow of the photographer, camera, and tripod on rock in City of Rocks State Park in New Mexico.

A dramatic sunset view taken through the eroded tuff pinnacles of City of Rocks State Park in New Mexico.

A view to the west taken from within the City of Rocks State Park in New Mexico.

Alpenglow tinges the sky blue, pink, and yellow at sunset in City of Rocks State Park near Silver City, New Mexico.

A "family" of pinnacles stand as still as stone while having their portrait taken in City of Rocks State Park, New Mexico.

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A "family" of pinnacles stand as still as stone while having their portrait taken in City of Rocks State Park, New Mexico.

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A path through the eroded tuff pinacles in City of Rocks State Park in New Mexico.

A lonely sentinal stands on the edge of Rock City with the Mimbres river Valley in the distance.

A view of the Pegasus North Campground taken from the access road in City of Rocks State Park between Deming and Silver City, New Mexico. Camping spots are dispersed in amongst the rock formations.

This brilliant green lichen grows on a pinnacle sculpted from Kneeling Nun Tuff in City of Rocks State Park near Silver City, New Mexico.

A piece of eroded rock is trapped in a crack between two pinnacles in City of Rocks State Park between Deming and Silver City, New Mexico.

Looking out of the eroded tuff pinacles to another grouping of erooded tuff in City of Rocks State Park in New Mexico.

This slit in the rocks provides a view out across the pain to the mountains in the distance. Taken in City of Rocks State Park in southern New Mexico.

A juniper tree with aqn alligator skin trunk grows amongst the pinnacles in City of Rocks State Park between Deming and Silver City, New Mexico.

A view up through converging pinnacles in City of Rocks State Park, near Silver City, New Mexico.

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