Hanging Rock

1144 S. Gulph Rd., Upper Marion Township, Pennsylvania. County/parish: Montgomery.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 24, 1997. NRIS 97001251.

1 contributing site.

Also known as:

  • Overhanging Rock

From Wikipedia:

Hanging Rock (Upper Merion Township, Pennsylvania)

Hanging Rock, also known as Overhanging Rock, or locally as Drummond's head, is a historic natural feature which is located in Gulph Mills, Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It is a large natural outcropping of phyllite that protrudes approximately eight feet over a roadway, Pennsylvania Route 320 (South Gulph Road), which was laid out as a public highway between 1711 and 1712.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995725

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