RINGING ROCKS PARK, BUCKS COUNTY, PA.

Me and some friends made a trip out to Ringing Rocks Park to make sounds. My idea to cover 'Candy Hearts And Paper Flowers' from the soundtrack to 'Raggedy Ann And Andy In A Musical Adventure' never quite materialized, but this is as close as we came. I think it sounds good.

About Ringing Rocks:

"Ringing Rocks Park is a 128 acre park nestled in the woods in Upper Black Eddy. Located within the park is a field of boulders, about 7-8 acres in size, that have an unusual property. When the rocks are struck with a hammer or another rock, they sound as if they are metal and hollow and ring with a sound similar to a metal pipe being struck. The park also has Bucks County's largest waterfall.

Besides the strange ringing properties of the stones, there are other mysteries surrounding this park. One odd thing about the park is that most boulder fields are the result of an avalanche from a mountainside collapsing. This boulder field, however, is towards the top of the hill, not the bottom. That means it didn't result from a rock slide. There is also no evidence to suggest that these were dropped here by a glacier as glaciers were not thought to have come this far south. How did this boulder field get to be like this?

The boulders are made of a substance called diabase which is basically volcanic basalt. This is one of the largest diabase boulder fields in the Eastern United States. The boulders have a high content of iron and aluminum and were thought to have broken apart during the Pleistocene Epoch probably about 12,000 years ago. The boulders were created through many years of freeze-thaw cycles that broke up the diabase into individual pieces, a process known as "frost wedging". The rocks may then have accumulated in this one area as the water saturated soil provided lubrication for the stones to "creep" downhill to their present location, a process known as "solifluction". This could have happened during the prior ace ages when overlying most soil literally slid over the frozen permafrost below, carrying the boulders with it.

Others have more fanciful explanations such as radioactivity, meteorites, or strange magnetic fields. Even supernatural possibilities have been suggested, and the area has been studied by those with an inclincation for the paranormal." -- Copied from http://www.davidhanauer.com/buckscounty/ringingrocks/

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• Rocks
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• Bucks
• County
• Candy
• Hearts
• And
• Paper
• Flowers

[j0phus]

This camera person was incredibly stoned. That is the worst camera work I have ever fucking seen.

[WhollyGhost]

@j0phus LOL "stoned" get it?!?!?

[greenstx]

been there done that ,and ever time i go i see a group of screwed up hippies or whatever sittin in a circle and tryin to make "music"........ heavy drugs man..... i think they live under the rock here. dont let them talk you into joinin their cult ..... beware.......

[WhollyGhost]

Hey, if they're having a good time playing "music" or whatever, more power to 'em. "Been there done that", ha ha!!!

[WhollyGhost]

Rock 'till you drop.

[GoMrSold]

I always enjoy visiting there. It's so much fun!

[kingofburlington]

Be wary when parking there. There has been a wave of smashed windows and items stolen from cars. Do not leave your car unattended -- do not leave valuables in the car. It is better to find another spot to park and then walk there.

[Anon5K]

Bucks county does neglect its parks. I have seen most of the Hemlocks in Ringing Rocks die and fall. High Rocks in my back yard, was gifted with many acres of land and historic buildings in mint condition, now just rotting away. Enjoy whats left.

[Anon5K]

Opus all the photo's are mine, maybe I should have shown the photo of me near the edge of an ice crevice. Ringing Rocks as its my favorite place to go after rain storms or heavy snows. I have the place to myself and my significant other. Falling thru a ice a few times is not at problem.........its shallow at the bottom of the waterfall.

[j0phus]

@Anon5K That sounds really romantic, but unreasonable. I live in a lake effect snow belt off Lake Michigan and I don't even know if I could get my car into the park with that much FRESH snow, much less make it down the beach, and onto the ice. That stuff would be up to my knees. I feel like you've never actually seen what you're talking about, but I really hope I'm fucking wrong.

[j0phus]

@WhollyGhost I was high when I wrote that and totally didn't catch the pun. lol

[demmylowther]

AWESOME ! What,you had the rocks with those pitches that close together ? I am 48 and when I was around 9,our cub scouts took us camping there. NICE. I only remember I hurt my hand between two pieces of firewood,and froze my butt off in a pop up trailer ! HOWEVER,thanx for sharing,I was looking for Air Cond. Co. in Bucks county and your video came up.

[futball24]

@goAHEADnJUMP Go off the beaten path and youll find some gems. Yeah there is lack of funding to keep the parks pristine but hey thats nature, its beautiful by itself.