Balancing Rock

a June hike out to see Balancing Rock, Tiverton, Long Island, Nova Scotia. 235 steps to descend, and then climb. The Rock is a lone piece of columnar basalt left standing when all the pieces around it fell away. Locals have actually tried to pull the rock over with fishing boats; purpose uncertain. In my opinion, the best time to view it is in the morning, when the sunlight is to the east; in the afternoon, the rock becomes silhouetted.

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• Balancing Rock
• Digby Neck
• Nova Scotia
• columnar basalt

[scotianhiker]

it's a bit of both at this point; the rest of the basalt has fallen away, leaving only this column which is connected to the pedestal, but at a certain angle, you can see light shining through where the column and pedestal meet, so it's not even a solid-through connection. locals have tried to pull it over with their boats, with no success (thankfully).

[The29thStreet]

ahh its such a tough hike in the hot sun!! but well worth it :)

[NewYarmouth]

Is it really balancing or has it eroded around it? Either way, it is really cool and I'll try to check it out sometime...

[gcstorm1]

gotta get there...there's a cache there too.