- View of Top of Temecula Gorge Bedford Canyon Formation on north side of Gorge (on left), and Woodson Mountain Granodiorite on south side (on right, covered with white boulders)
- View of Bedford Canyon Formation (left) and Woodson Mountain Granodiorite (right) in Temecula Gorge, a fairly fresh cut made by the Santa Margarita River
- View of Woodson Mountain Granodiorite in Temecula Gorge, a fairly fresh cut made by the Santa Margarita River, and hence different from the usual rounded boulder view
- View of bottom of Temecula Gorge, with a massive piece of Bedford Canyon Formation on the far side of the river, a good-sized chunk of it in the foreground, and inclusions of it within the Woodson Mountain Granodiorite that forms the bed of the river. Note the different phases of the Woodson Mountain Granodiorite as shown by different shades of blue.
- Close up of previous picture, showing the Bedford Canyon Formation at higher resolution.
- Typical Woodson Mountain Granodiorite Boulders Behind the Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve Visitor Center - 1
- Typical Woodson Mountain Granodiorite Boulders Behind the Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve Visitor Center - 2, with Santa Rosa Basalt forming the flat top of Mesa de Burro in the background.
- Typical Woodson Mountain Granodiorite Boulders Along Granite Loop Trail at the second drainage on the south loop from the Visitor Center
- Typical Woodson Mountain Granodiorite Boulders Along Granite Loop Trail at swale south of Waterline Road
- View of Santa Rosa Basalt forming the flat top of Mesa de Burro, typical Woodson Mountain Granodiorite Boulders in the foreground, and the Bedford Canyon Formation in the middle. One recognizes the Bedford Canyon Formation at the Santa Rosa Plateau mostly by the absence of the other two rock types.
- Island or Dike of Woodson Mountain Granodiorite in the midst of Bedford Canyon Formation, from Vista Grande Trail just north of Waterline Road.
- View from the North Lomas Trail of Santa Rosa Basalt forming the flat top of Mesa de Burro on right, typical Woodson Mountain Granodiorite Boulders at left in the distance, and the Bedford Canyon Formation everywhere else
- "Turkey Vulture Rock", an outcropping of Woodson Mountain Granodiorite at the second Vista Point on the Wiashal Trail.
- View of Santa Rosa Basalt Boulders at the dropoff from the Mesa de Colorado on the Vernal Pool Trail
- Exposure of Bedford Canyon Formation along the Punta Mesa Trail just east of the Adobe Loop Trail
- View toward Fallbrook / De Luz between Mesa de la Punta on the left and Mesa de Colorado on right. The Santa Rosa Basalt is just visible at top left; Woodson Mountain Granodiorite Boulders are visible along the far drainage; the rest is Bedford Canyon Formation.
- Bedford Canyon Formation Along Punta Mesa Trail south of Fault Road - 1
- Bedford Canyon Formation Along Punta Mesa Trail south of Fault Road - 2
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