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Natural PlacesSite Name: Boxcar Rocks Alternative Name: Chinese Wall, High RocksCountry: United States
NOTE: This site is 87.519 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Mid Atlantic Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Pine Grove, PA Nearest Village: Gold Mine, PA
Latitude: 40.548000N Longitude: 76.524W
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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Natural Stone in Mid Atlantic
This is by all accounts an amazing place, with a wall as high as sixty feet high in places. It is said to look as if it had been man made but it could not possibly be. The hard conglomerate ridge at the top of the hill must have eroded more slowly than the rock around it. It is said to have been sacred to the Indians, which I have no doubt it was, and they also used it as a lookout and possibly a beacon or smoke signal site as well. The view from the highest point is said to be stunning.
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