Blackrock Mountain (disambiguation)

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Blackrock Mountain (Alberta) mountain in Alberta, Canada

Black Rock Mountain is a mountain on the eastern fringe of the Canadian Rockies in Alberta, Canada. Black Rock Mountain was descriptively named.

Blackrock Mountain (Canada) mountain on the Continental Divide on the British Columbia-Alberta border in Canada

Blackrock Mountain is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia. It was named in 1921 by Arthur O. Wheeler for the black Ordovician rock present in the area.

Black Rock Mountain State Park

Black Rock Mountain State Park is a 1,743-acre (705 ha) Georgia state park west of Mountain City in Rabun County, Georgia, in Georgia's Blue Ridge Mountains. It is named after its sheer cliffs of dark-colored biotite gneiss. Astride the Eastern Continental Divide at an elevation of 3,640 feet (1,110 m), the park provides many scenic overlooks and 80-mile (130 km) vistas of the southern Appalachian Mountains. On a clear day, four states are visible: Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. In addition to Black Rock Mountain itself, the park includes four other peaks over 3,000 feet (910 m) in elevation, making it the highest state park in Georgia. The park is closed seasonally from December 18 to March 15.

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Willmore Wilderness Park Improvement district in Alberta, Canada

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Black Mountain as a toponym is a common name around the globe. Its variations in other languages include Monte Negro (Latin), Kara Dag (Turkic), Crna Gora (Slavic), Tor Ghar (Persian), and others.

Waterton Lakes National Park Improvement district in Alberta, Canada

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Peter Lougheed Provincial Park

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Palliser Range mountain in Canada

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Booterstown Suburb of Dublin in Leinster, Ireland

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Ballyhoura Mountains mountain range

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Blackrock GAA gaelic games club in County Cork, Ireland

Blackrock National Hurling Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club located on the southside of Cork City, Ireland. The club was founded in 1883 and is primarily concerned with the game of hurling. No other Cork-based GAA club has won more Senior County Hurling titles or All-Ireland Club Championships. The club is sometimes known as 'The Rockies'.

Lookout Mountain is a mountain ridge on the border of Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee.

New River Mountains

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Blackrock, Washington Unincorporated community in Washington, United States

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Blackrock railway station is in Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland.