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Natural PlacesSite Name: North Salem Dolmen Alternative Name: Balanced Rock, North Salem BoulderCountry: United States Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Yorktown Heights, NY Nearest Village: North Salem, NY
Latitude: 41.335000N Longitude: 73.572W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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jvenable visited on 7th Oct 2019 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 5
clara-nuts visited on 1st Jun 2017 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5 It is along some of the unpaved roads of the horsey set, but Tripod Rock is on a paved road just in front of a municipal garage. Not just wheelchair accessible, but essentially drive up.
aluta have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4.5 Ambience: 4 Access: 5
Having seen it and having seen numerous other pedestaled or propped stones in prominent places on the eastern mountains, I now incline toward the theory that it is man-made, but passionate arguments are made on both sides. Before making a judgement, it would be wise to examine the boulder and its supports for yourself.
A seldom mentioned feature of the rock is a pronounced striping, most visible in some photos. Some have even speculated that the stone was once painted.
Links here and here give different perspectives on the site.
This is the stone featured on the Robin Williamson album American Stonehenge.
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