{"id":208,"date":"2019-07-01T19:16:08","date_gmt":"2019-07-02T02:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mtbakerrockgem.043c1b9.netsolhost.com\/?page_id=208"},"modified":"2020-05-24T16:36:44","modified_gmt":"2020-05-24T23:36:44","slug":"fossil-creek-on-church-mountain","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/?page_id=208","title":{"rendered":"Fossil Creek on Church Mountain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jurassic era marine fossils of the oyster\u00a0<em>Buchea\u00a0<\/em>and of Belamnites (nautiloid) can be picked out of Fossil Creek on the flank of Church Mountain. Go up East Church Mtn Road to where Fossil Creek goes over the road on a concrete slab. The gravel road is east of the Douglas Fir campground and just east of where Fossil Creek goes under the Mt. Baker Highway. Check the Forest Service website for road condition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">N.B. Please take only a few specimens from this site or it will be quickly cleaned out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"693\" height=\"402\" src=\"http:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/churchMtn-FossilCr.jpg\" alt=\"Church Mtn Fossil site\" class=\"wp-image-196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/churchMtn-FossilCr.jpg 693w, https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/churchMtn-FossilCr-300x174.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 693px) 100vw, 693px\" \/><figcaption>map to Church Mtn Fossil site<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" src=\"http:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC05463.jpg\" alt=\"Fossil Creek at the road\" class=\"wp-image-197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC05463.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC05463-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC05463-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC05463-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Fossil creek at the road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"715\" height=\"1000\" src=\"http:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC05544.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"201\" data-link=\"http:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/?attachment_id=201\" class=\"wp-image-201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC05544.jpg 715w, https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC05544-215x300.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Fossil cr oyster<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"800\" src=\"http:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC05543.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"200\" data-link=\"http:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/?attachment_id=200\" class=\"wp-image-200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC05543.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC05543-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC05543-768x614.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Fossil cr belemnite<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"715\" height=\"1000\" src=\"http:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC05472.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"199\" data-link=\"http:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/?attachment_id=199\" class=\"wp-image-199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC05472.jpg 715w, https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC05472-215x300.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Fossil cr oyster<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"665\" height=\"1000\" src=\"http:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC05466.jpg\" alt=\"examples of fossils\" data-id=\"198\" data-link=\"http:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/?attachment_id=198\" class=\"wp-image-198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC05466.jpg 665w, https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC05466-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">examples from Fossil creek<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jurassic era marine fossils of the oyster\u00a0Buchea\u00a0and of Belamnites (nautiloid) can be picked out of Fossil Creek on the flank of Church Mountain. Go up East Church Mtn Road to where Fossil Creek goes over the road on a concrete slab. The gravel road is east of the Douglas Fir campground and just east of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/?page_id=208\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Fossil Creek on Church Mountain&#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-208","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/208","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=208"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":210,"href":"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/208\/revisions\/210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtbakerrockclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}