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Like a rock
By adamg on Thu, 07/01/2010 - 9:19am
Rob Villega reports the Dell Avenue Rock in Hyde Park has been all spruced up with plantings and benches and stuff, which explains the dedication ceremony last weekend.
In any case, if you're ever on Hyde Park Avenue and have a couple minutes to spare, you should stop by the Rock (at Dell Avenue, natch). It's just this way cool, well, rock, a leftover lava flow from back in the days when the Great Blue Hill was a volcano. Climb to the top and you get some great views of the surrounding countryside.
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What, no rock pix?
All this hullabaloo and no pictures of the damn rock. Unless... is that it? There in the foreground, embellished with a laurel wreath and a clutch of balloons?
Oh wait, this must be it, previously captured as it sought shade while waiting for the bus. Dell Rock can run (in geological scales, of course), but it can't hide from Streetview!
A blogger's work is never done
Thanks for the push! Haven't had lunch yet, will head on over to Konteki Kitchen on River Street (mmm, chicken curry) and stop at the Rock (right on the way) to take some photos.
One might wonder if Adam stopped for a second serving
because it looks like he's missing his deadline.
Eighth wonder
Wow, that's a nice rock
Definitely deserves to be ceremoniously honored and immortalized with a plaque.
that rock
would make a great hideaway and science lab for Dr. Evil.
"The same old cliches...
...is that a woman or a man?"
Sorry, just needed to put a different Seger song in my head.
Filed under "learn something new"
Interesting bit, right there. I had always thought the Blue Hills were the result of glacial activity. Your volcano line led me to dig (so to speak) a bit deeper. For those who are curious about the geology, this is a nice, concise little article that explains it all.
http://www.friendsofthebluehills.org/PDFs/FBH_Geol...
Roadside Geology
The Massachusetts volume of this series (mentioned on the site you linked to) is quite interesting -- but I always forget to take it along on longish trips around the state. For those wanting the bigger picture, there is Chet Raymo's Written In Stone (which covers the geological phases that took place across the northeastern US).
There's another extinct volcano in the area
At the corner of Washington and Grove streets is a large outcropping (behind Viva Mi Arepa). Supposedly that's all that's left of another volcano.
Rocky photos
OK, we got a bit sidetracked - first we had to climb the Rock, then eat, then, of course, have some ice cream at Ron's. Also, the trees around the Rock are pretty tall and leafy, so you really won't get the full flavor of the thing unless you get down there and walk around it (if you don't feel like driving, the 32 bus from Forest Hills will drop you off right across the street). From Hyde Park Avenue, walk down one of the streets on either side of the Rock until you see what looks like a path (unless you like going up rocks at a really steep angle).
The view from the top. The little tower just to the right of the flagpole is actually the big microwave tower at Washington Street and West Roxbury Parkway in Roslindale; the hill to the right of that is Grew Hill on the Roslindale/Hyde Park line.