Lone Rock, Washington

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The Lone Rock community sign gets a touch-up. The corner of Anderson Hill Road and Seabeck Highway, 2 August 2011
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Lone Rock
Lone Rock (the United States)
Coordinates: 47°39′29″N122°46′33″W / 47.65806°N 122.77583°W / 47.65806; -122.77583 Coordinates: 47°39′29″N122°46′33″W / 47.65806°N 122.77583°W / 47.65806; -122.77583
Country United States
State Washington
County Kitsap
Time zone UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code
98383
GNIS feature ID1528864 [1]

Lone Rock is an unincorporated community on the coast of the Hood Canal in Kitsap County, Washington.

It gets its name from the glacial erratic boulder on the tidal flat about 400 feet off shore.

The Lone Rock, the namesake glacial erratic boulder, Hood Canal, Washington Lone-Rock-Hood-Canal-Washington-18-Aug-2017.jpg
The Lone Rock, the namesake glacial erratic boulder, Hood Canal, Washington

Lone Rock is one of a small collection of historic rural communities in the western part of Kitsap County, which includes Seabeck, Holly, Camp Union, Crosby and Hintzville. The Lone Rock community club defines Lone Rock as running along the coast from Seabeck to Olympic View and inland to Willamette Meridian Road and Newberry Hill Road. Little Beef Creek is widely regarded as the dividing line between Lone Rock and Seabeck. [2] In this view, Lone Rock includes the Big Beef and Little Anderson Creeks and spans the smaller communities of Warrenville, Lawters Beach and Anderson Landing.

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References

  1. "Lone Rock". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
  2. Baker 1996.

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