Explorations of a vivid landscape created by erosion.
Providence Canyon State Park is southwest Georgia, not far from the border with Alabama. Nicknamed Georgia’s “Little Grand Canyon,” Providence Canyon was created by the same process as its much larger cousin, erosion. However, it wasn’t a river that dug this canyon out over millions of years, but erosion from farming. Providence Canyon was a natural feature before European and American settlers came to the area. It was their bad farming practices that seriously increased the gullies. Water runoff from fields, with no vegetation to hold the sandy soil together, equals lots and lots of erosion.
Wandering Jana I went straight to the bottom of the canyon. You can really tell it just stormed.
Wandering Jana The bottom of the canyon is highly vegetated, but once you head into the smaller side canyons, you start to see the cliff.
Jana Irving Created by erosion.
Wandering Jana Many smaller gullies flow down from the cliff tops. Most of these are unstable and you are told to stay out.
Wandering Jana Continuing along the creek trail.
Wandering Jana The colors remind me of Bryce Canyon in Utah.
Wandering Jana Some of those trees are barely hanging on.
Wandering Jana This area was pretty cool.
Wandering Jana Definitely giving me out west vibes.
Wandering Jana Now this reminds me of Capitol Reef.
Wandering Jana Created by bad agricultural processes but still gorgeous.
Wandering Jana Love this.
Wandering Jana All the side canyons are super fun to explore.
Wandering Jana This was not an experience I thought I would get in Georgia.
Wandering Jana You can really see the active erosion here.
Wandering Jana The trail creates a loop across the top of the canyon. Here are a bunch of abandoned vehicles from a nearby homestead. Removing them would create too much damage as they are super close to the edge of the unstable canyon.
Wandering Jana I wonder if the guy who owned the property had a vehicle hording problem because there are a lot of cars for one property.
Wandering Jana There are very few views of the canyon along much of the trail. The best views are near the parking areas.
Wandering Jana Absolutely stunning.
Wandering Jana I love the color contrast of the color of the soil and the vegetation.
Wandering Jana Looks like a hoodoo. It isn’t. There’s also a tree on the top of that thing.
Wandering Jana The park is small, but its worth a visit.
Wandering Jana Love it.
Wandering Jana Simply gorgeous.
Providence Canyon State Park is a bit in the middle of nowhere. I marked it as a place to visit when I moved to Savannah. However, it was a pretty far drive. I ended up with some time off and figured it would be a part of a three day trip. It was.
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