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Small Town Attraction: Bilger's Rocks - A Geological Phenomenon
By Deb Bloom
Another addition to my Small Town Attraction series, Bilger's Rocks is close to my home not only in distance but in my heart. This attraction was literally in my back yard when I was growing up and we spent a lot of time there climbing and exploring. It has now become quite a tourist attraction and The Bilger’s Rocks Association currently cares for the attraction. With grants, donations and fundraisers they are managing the property as a community park and have removed trash, bottles, and graffiti from the rock area and have installed some picnic shelters, restrooms, pavilions, primitive camping area, signs that guide you around the area and tell you a little about each rock formation and they also have activities throughout the year. There are narrow crevices forming a maze between the blocks, a few short crevice caves, and large open “rooms” within the boulders. When we were young, it was quite an adventurous place to play, but there have been people that have fallen over the edge of these massive formations and broken limbs but I don't think anyone ever died but they have now put up handrails on some of the higher, more dangerous areas. You still have to be careful, though. There are 'rooms' formed by the rock slabs and we thought we named them when we were young, but we found out later that the names were always there. Names like 'Devil's Kitchen,' or the 'Ice Cave.' You literally have to crawl on your stomach inside this cave and if you're too big you won't even get in! All this in the dark! Bilger's Rocks is a geological phenomenon where massive sandstone formations are secretly nestled in the mountains of Central PA. Called "rock city" by geologists, this ancient rock formation has been preserved as a public park. Some of these giant sandstone formations tower 30-50 feet and weigh hundreds of tons. Visitors can wander around, through, over and under these massive boulders and imagine a different place in time. You just have to feel the Indians roaming there hunting or making their home there. 4 mi. N of Grampian PA. For more information call:
(814)583-7179
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I love the scenery, it looks a lot like Rock City in Tennessee. Sounds like a good place to visit one day.
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