RHH's photos with the keyword: quartzite

Steptoe Butte is a quartzite island jutting out of the silty loess of the Palouse hills in Whitman County, Washington, in the northwest United States.The 3,612-foot (1,101 m) butte is preserved as Steptoe Butte State Park, a publicly owned 150-acre (61 ha) recreation area located 12 miles (19 km) north of Colfax (Wikipedia).

This is a view from Steptoe Butte in eastern Washington. Steptoe is a 3,612-foot (1,101 m) quartzite outcrop in the Palouse area and about an hour south of Spokane.

I do not often take panoramas nor do I often use my phone for photos but it easier to do panoramas on my phone than with my DSLR, so here's a phone panorama from the top of Stepttoe Butte in Eastern Washington. The quartzite butte is 3,612 feet (1,101 m) high and stands above the surrounding country like beacon. The views from the Palouse are over the surrounding hills of the Palouse an area of rolling hills that is largely given to wheat farming. The butte is about an hour south of Spokane.