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Natural PlacesSite Name: Tripod RockCountry: United States
NOTE: This site is 23.201 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Paterson, NJ Nearest Village: Kinnelon, NJ
Latitude: 40.954000N Longitude: 74.389W
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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clara-nuts visited on 23rd Apr 2022 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 3 The trail to the site is on the longer side, with some rough sections. Along the way were views of New York City and the valleys of the park. Disabled people would have problems. While I was there, I heard no songbirds, nor saw small mammals. The Ambiance was so-so with four young men sitting on top of it. They left but were replaced by two more young men climbing on top.
That said, I did feel an energy at the suspended end-hard to describe but impending...? Next to it are two more smaller propped stones, and possibly a third on the other side. The "Bare Rock" is huge, but the back side shows it is in pieces.
These rocks are often off-handedly labelled glacial erratics, but their frequent placement near other stonework features and at geographically or culturally important spots strongly suggests that people helped nature along in many cases. Other perched and balanced boulders near Tripod Rock seem to form a site complex of a sort familiar to stonework investigators, suggesting either indigemous construction or sentient glaciers.
Tripod Rock's proximity to large metropolitan areas makes it a popular destination for hikers, stone enthusiasts, and new age types. While it and the Balanced Rock or Dolmen at North Salem, New York are showy and high profile, they model a type that can be found in smaller sizes and less prominent spots in a number of places in the northeast and mid-Atlantic states.
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