Cool Pics from this weekend....Tripod Rock up in Boonton, NJ

mzancz · 08-24-2004, 09:04 AM

This rock is in Pyramid Mountain park in NJ. It's about a 2 mile hike up to the top where you can see this huge boulder balanced on three smaller rocks. The legend has it that it was deposited there by a glacier. Wierd NJ and others say that it was put there by Indians and that during the summer soltice the sun sets exactly between it and two other nearby rocks. Anyway just thought I'd share......

EX-PIMP · 08-24-2004, 09:07 AM

Digger Killer · 08-24-2004, 09:11 AM

BlueDog · 08-24-2004, 09:12 AM

Shot this on Sunday.

"Thomas Jefferson was personally familiar with Harpers Ferry, having traveled to the site on October 25, 1783. Jefferson stood on this very rock and subsequently penned a memorable description of the view in his "Notes on the State of Virginia." His remarks conclude with the emphatic declaration: "This scene is worth a voyage across the Atlantic."

motorwaffen · 08-24-2004, 09:18 AM

ice melted, perching boulder on the smaller. Btw, any signs of glacial scoring/polish on the surrounding bedrock? Cool to find--gives you a direction of glacier travel.

08-24-2004, 09:04 AM	#1
mzancz New Member Account #: 20891 Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 225	Cool Pics from this weekend....Tripod Rock up in Boonton, NJ This rock is in Pyramid Mountain park in NJ. It's about a 2 mile hike up to the top where you can see this huge boulder balanced on three smaller rocks. The legend has it that it was deposited there by a glacier. Wierd NJ and others say that it was put there by Indians and that during the summer soltice the sun sets exactly between it and two other nearby rocks. Anyway just thought I'd share......

08-24-2004, 09:07 AM	#2
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08-24-2004, 09:11 AM	#3
Digger Killer AudiWorld Super User Account #: 12294 Join Date: Nov 2000 Posts: 10,747	beware of those we do not speak of, they lurk in the NJ woods __________________ AIM: AlexEstradaDPM X-Box GamerTag: DPM2000

08-24-2004, 09:12 AM	#4
BlueDog Member Account #: 25067 Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Censored by IB Posts: 6,512	something similar in Harpers Ferry, WV Shot this on Sunday. "Thomas Jefferson was personally familiar with Harpers Ferry, having traveled to the site on October 25, 1783. Jefferson stood on this very rock and subsequently penned a memorable description of the view in his "Notes on the State of Virginia." His remarks conclude with the emphatic declaration: "This scene is worth a voyage across the Atlantic." __________________

08-24-2004, 09:18 AM	#5
motorwaffen Elder Member Account #: 30212 Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 12,990	glacier is my guess too ice melted, perching boulder on the smaller. Btw, any signs of glacial scoring/polish on the surrounding bedrock? Cool to find--gives you a direction of glacier travel.

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