Frog Rock (Bainbridge Island, Washington)

Frog Rock

Glacial erratic rock
Coordinates	47°41′46″N 122°31′24″W / 47.69612°N 122.52347°WCoordinates: 47°41′46″N 122°31′24″W / 47.69612°N 122.52347°W

Frog Rock is glacial erratic on Bainbridge Island, Washington.^[1] The frog shape is made of two stacked granite boulders, painted by a pair of local residents to resemble a frog on June 6, 1971,^[2] The pair of boulders were reportedly once a single boulder which was dynamited in the 1950s or earlier, in order to remove it from a road right-of-way.^[3][4] After the dynamiting, the rock was known as "Split Rock".^[3]

The rock is locally famous,^[5] known to be a humorous historic marker,^[6] and a notable visitor attraction.^[7][8] It is used by bicyclists as a regrouping point.^[5]

A local "resiliency forum" is named for it.^[2]

References

1. Hutton 2012.
2. Mears 2011.
3. Selfors 2004.
4. Hall 2013.
5. Thorness 2012, p. 150.
6. Wagonfeld 1999.
7. Chamber 2015.
8. Kirby 2010.

Sources

• Area attractions, Bainbridge Island Chamber of Commerce, 2015
• Hall, Julie (March 5, 2013), "A History of Bainbridge’s Beloved Frog Rock", Inside Bainbridge
• Hutton, Jane (December 2012), "Distributed Evidence: Mapping Named Erratics", in Ellsworth, Elizabeth; Kruse, Jamie, Making the Geologic Now;Responses to Material Conditions of Contemporary Life, pp. 99–103, ISBN 978-0-9882340-2-4
• Kirby, Doug (October 8, 2010), "Bainbridge Island, Washington: Frog Rock", Roadside America
• Mears, Connie (June 17, 2011), "Frog Rock celebrates 40 years", Bainbridge Island Review
• Selfors, Dagmar (May 16, 2004), "Frog Rock has its own tale to tell", Kitsap Sun
• Thorness, Bill (2012), Biking Puget Sound: 50 Rides from Olympia to the San Juans, The Mountaineers Books, ISBN 9781594851261
• Wagonfeld, Judy (1999), Western Washington: Rides for the Casual Cyclist, Globe Pequot, p. 78, ISBN 9780762704354