Painted Canyon

Painted Canyon
Painted Canyon
	The Painted Canyon, as viewed from I-94 in Theodore Roosevelt National Park
	Painted Canyon Location within North Dakota Painted Canyon Location within the United States Painted Canyon Location within North America
Geography
Location	Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota
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Painted Canyon is a valley in Billings County, North Dakota, in the United States.[1]

Painted Canyon was so named on account of its colorful rocks.[2]

Water-supply well

There is a 588-metre water-supply well located at the Painted Canyon Overlook, which has a specific capacity of about 0.4 gallon per minute per foot.[3]

References

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Painted Canyon
Federal Writers' Project (1938). North Dakota, a Guide to the Northern Prairie State,. WPA. p. 297. ISBN 978-1-62376-033-5.
Croft, M.G. (1974). "Water supply at Painted Canyon Overlook, Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park (South Unit), southwestern North Dakota". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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[1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Painted Canyon

[2] Federal Writers' Project (1938). North Dakota, a Guide to the Northern Prairie State,. WPA. p. 297. ISBN 978-1-62376-033-5.

[3] Croft, M.G. (1974). "Water supply at Painted Canyon Overlook, Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park (South Unit), southwestern North Dakota". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)