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 Rocking Stone Park - Barre MA Posted by:  nomadwillie
N 42° 26.159 W 072° 09.453
18T E 733799 N 4702099
Impressive site. Not too far of a walk from the road and the path is well trodden. Worth the trip.
Waymark Code: WM13XWB
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 03/09/2021
Views: 0
The Rocking Stone Park is at 11.8 m., and back from the road and to the right of the entrance is the famous Rocking Stone, a boulder so perfectly poised upon another that originally it could be rocked slightly by the mere pressure of the hand. According to Indian tradition, this was the work of Manitou, the Great White Spirit, who placed the boulder in that position. It is said to have been used as an altar of sacrifice or shrine by the Indians. A more credible explanation, however, is that given by Professor Agassiz to the effect that the formation occurred accidentally as a
result of glacial action. The twin boulders remain today, but have been so affixed that the Rocking Stone no longer rocks. A literal-minded farmer, incensed at the trespassers who crossed his land to view the wonder, fastened the boulders together and undid the work of the glaciers or of Manitou, as the case may be.
American-Guide-Series - Massachusetts: a Guide to its Places and People, p.601
Impressive site. Not too far of a walk from the road and the path is well trodden. Worth the trip and much better than Plymouth Rock.
Book: Massachusetts
Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 601
Year Originally Published: 1937
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