Frog Rock is a glacial erratic on Bainbridge Island, Washington.[1] The frog shape is made of two stacked granite boulders, painted by a pair of local residents to resemble a frog on June 6, 1971.[2] The pair of boulders were reportedly once a single boulder which was dynamited in the 1950s or earlier, in order to remove it from a road right-of-way.[3][4] After the dynamiting, the rock was known as "Split Rock".[3]
| Glacial erratic rock | |
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| Coordinates | 47°41′46″N 122°31′24″W / 47.69612°N 122.52347°W |
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The rock is locally famous,[5] known to be a humorous historic marker,[6] and a notable visitor attraction.[7][8] It is used by bicyclists as a regrouping point.[5]
A local "resiliency forum" is named for it.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Hutton 2012.
- ^ a b Mears 2011.
- ^ a b Selfors 2004.
- ^ Hall 2013.
- ^ a b Thorness 2012, p. 150.
- ^ Wagonfeld 1999.
- ^ Chamber 2015.
- ^ Kirby 2010.
- Sources
- Area attractions, Bainbridge Island Chamber of Commerce, 2015
- Hall, Julie (March 5, 2013), "A History of Bainbridge's Beloved Frog Rock", Inside Bainbridge
- Hutton, Jane (December 2012), "Distributed Evidence: Mapping Named Erratics", in Ellsworth, Elizabeth; Kruse, Jamie (eds.), Making the Geologic Now;Responses to Material Conditions of Contemporary Life, pp. 99–103, ISBN 978-0-9882340-2-4
- Kirby, Doug (October 8, 2010), "Bainbridge Island, Washington: Frog Rock", Roadside America
- Mears, Connie (June 17, 2011), "Frog Rock celebrates 40 years", Bainbridge Island Review
- Selfors, Dagmar (May 16, 2004), "Frog Rock has its own tale to tell", Kitsap Sun
- Thorness, Bill (2012), Biking Puget Sound: 50 Rides from Olympia to the San Juans, The Mountaineers Books, ISBN 9781594851261
- Wagonfeld, Judy (1999), Western Washington: Rides for the Casual Cyclist, Globe Pequot, p. 78, ISBN 9780762704354