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Showing posts with label New Hampshire. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New Hampshire. Show all posts

16 October 2015

OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN

The Old Man of the Mountain, nicknamed the Great Stone Face or Profile, was located in Franconia Notch State Park, New Hampshire. Discovered in 1805, the rocks that made up the profile collapsed during the night hours on May 3, 2003. 
The Profile was a natural rock formation that was formed by a series of geologic happenings that began an estimated 200 million years ago. It hovered majestically 1,200 feet above Profile Lake. The Old Man was made of five separate granite ledges arranged horizontally to form a man’s profile. From chin to forehead, the Profile measured about 40 feet and was 25 feet wide.



Franconia Notch, New Hampshire


Robert Frost (1874–1963), one of America’s best-loved poets, settled in the Franconia Notch region in 1915. The Frost Place Museum includes a half-mile nature trail that has plaques displaying the poems written by Frost during the years he lived in Franconia.


Postcrossing Postcard US-877496  

This is a natural Rock Formation, which is amazing to see inperson - the sender writes.