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A mysterious boulder balanced on a few smaller rocks. No one knows for sure the origins of North Salem, N.Y.’s landmark Balanced Rock.I suppose the boulder balancing on a handful of rocks by the side of Titicus Road in North Salem, N.Y., could have been placed here naturally by rushing water or a melting glacier, but I prefer the more mysterious suggestion that the boulder was placed here, without benefit of electricity or machinery, as some sort of altar or other religious artifact by humans a long, long time ago.Even the North Salem Historical Society acknowledges the mystery of the Balanced Rock in North Salem, N.Y. Photo credit: M. Ciavardini.Finding themselves in Hawthorne, NY (Westchester County), the Bashful Adventurer and the Brawny Sherpa visit the grave of Babe Ruth.
She was talking to an unworldly woman. I’d been to Italy, the Caribbean, Mexico, Canada, and plenty of states. While this formation may appear to be an epic balancing act, it’s actually not balanced at all.
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I agreed to answer a few questions on travel destinations and tourist preferences. North Salem Balanced Rock is a strange geological feature in the Hudson Valley of New York, a sixty-ton boulder supported by five smaller stones.
New content will be added above the current area of focus upon selection THE VISIT: Balanced Rock is a pretty cool sight.
My life was humming along. As an unknowing visitor to the site, it might appear to be a momentous feat, potentially put there by aliens or even giants. It's called Balanced Rock and it's in the town of North Salem in Northern Westchester County near the Connecticut board (a few miles south of I-84). Balanced Rock is on Route 121/116, a short distance south of the intersection of Keeler Road, on the left hand side. Head to Sellecks Corners Cemetery at the corner of Barnegat Road and 124 right over the border in New Canaan, Conn. Marvel at the…Travel for Independent Sorts, the Shy, and the Charmingly Reticent It is hard to believe that the structure could be man-made, or even that it has occurred naturally. It’s a geographic anomaly that has never, in the minds of some, been sufficiently explained. North Salem, N.Y. is a small town in Westchester County with a very big mystery: a boulder formally named the Balanced Rock rests on three significantly smaller stones.
Balanced Rock, one of the most iconic features in the park, stands a staggering 128 feet (39m) tall. She was right.
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