{"id":172,"date":"2019-07-01T16:59:56","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T23:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mtbakerrockgem.043c1b9.netsolhost.com\/?page_id=172"},"modified":"2026-06-05T17:04:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T00:04:20","slug":"racehorse-creek-fossil-site","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/?page_id=172","title":{"rendered":"Racehorse Creek Fossil Site"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>April 2026:<\/strong> This area is now blocked by a DNR gate on the right-hand road off of the N. Fork Road. There is an image of the gate <a href=\"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/?page_id=176\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> The final mile (approximately) of road up to the original parking area for the Racehorse landslide site was closed to vehicles. There are 27 ditches across the road now where culverts were removed, so expect some tedious down and up cycles while walking. The aerial view below shows where you now have to park and start walking. For a comprehensive description of this site along with directions, read\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nwgeology.wordpress.com\/the-fieldtrips\/the-chuckanut-formation\/the-racehorse-landslide-fossil-fields\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dave Tucker&#8217;s blog post<\/a>. His post was updated in June, 2018 with directions that reflect the changes we have noted above. In\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nwgeology.wordpress.com\/2018\/06\/17\/racehorse-fossil-fields-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">comments<\/a>\u00a0by George Mustoe, he provides some useful tips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"860\" height=\"466\" src=\"http:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/RacehorseSlide.jpg\" alt=\"new parking spot for Racehorse Creek fossils.\" class=\"wp-image-173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/RacehorseSlide.jpg 860w, https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/RacehorseSlide-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/RacehorseSlide-768x416.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 2026: This area is now blocked by a DNR gate on the right-hand road off of the N. Fork Road. There is an image of the gate here. The final mile (approximately) of road up to the original parking area for the Racehorse landslide site was closed to vehicles. There are 27 ditches across &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/?page_id=172\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Racehorse Creek Fossil Site&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-172","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=172"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1466,"href":"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/172\/revisions\/1466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}