Frog Rock (Bainbridge Island, Washington)

Frog Rock

Glacial erratic rock
Coordinates	47°41′46″N122°31′24″W / 47.69612°N 122.52347°W / 47.69612; -122.52347

Frog Rock is a glacial erratic on Bainbridge Island, Washington. ^[1] The frog shape is made of two stacked granite boulders, painted by a pair of local residents to resemble a frog on June 6, 1971. ^[2] The pair of boulders were reportedly once a single boulder which was dynamited in the 1950s or earlier, in order to remove it from a road right-of-way. ^{[3] [4]} After the dynamiting, the rock was known as "Split Rock". ^[3]

The rock is locally famous, ^[5] known to be a humorous historic marker, ^[6] and a notable visitor attraction. ^{[7] [8]} It is used by bicyclists as a regrouping point. ^[5]

A local "resiliency forum" is named for it. ^[2]

See also

• List of individual rocks
• Frog Rock (Connecticut)

References

1. Hutton 2012.
2. Mears 2011.
3. Selfors 2004.
4. Hall 2013.
5. Thorness 2012, p. 150.
6. Wagonfeld 1999.
7. Chamber 2015.
8. Kirby 2010.

Sources

• Area attractions, Bainbridge Island Chamber of Commerce, 2015
• Hall, Julie (March 5, 2013), "A History of Bainbridge's Beloved Frog Rock", Inside Bainbridge
• Hutton, Jane (December 2012), "Distributed Evidence: Mapping Named Erratics", in Ellsworth, Elizabeth; Kruse, Jamie (eds.), Making the Geologic Now;Responses to Material Conditions of Contemporary Life, pp. 99–103, ISBN   978-0-9882340-2-4
• Kirby, Doug (October 8, 2010), "Bainbridge Island, Washington: Frog Rock", Roadside America
• Mears, Connie (June 17, 2011), "Frog Rock celebrates 40 years", Bainbridge Island Review
• Selfors, Dagmar (May 16, 2004), "Frog Rock has its own tale to tell", Kitsap Sun
• Thorness, Bill (2012), Biking Puget Sound: 50 Rides from Olympia to the San Juans, The Mountaineers Books, ISBN   9781594851261
• Wagonfeld, Judy (1999), Western Washington: Rides for the Casual Cyclist, Globe Pequot, p. 78, ISBN   9780762704354