Red Bluff (colloquially known as Mississippi's Little Grand Canyon) is a natural geologic feature, located in Marion County, Mississippi, United States, located about northwest of the community of Morgantown.Morgantown, Mississippi, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1970
Geologic description Red Bluff is a geological formation created by the natural erosion of the west bank of the Pearl River. The bluff is an exposure red clay, soil, sand, and other colorful sedimentsMississippi by Marlo Carter Kirkpatrick (pg. 179) and rises to an elevation of approximately above sea level. The bluff slopes sharply by approximately into the Pearl River floodplain. The natural erosion process continues and has forced the movement of nearby Mississippi Highway 587 at least two times.Mississippi Bed and Breakfast Association
Tourism The view from the bluff encompasses a significant portion of the Pearl River Basin in Marion County, as well as the eastern portion of the nearby city of Columbia, Mississippi.Marion County Development Partnership (website)
See also Providence Canyon State Park
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