Hanging Rock and Wabash Reef National Natural Landmark

Hanging Rock and Wabash Reef National Natural Landmark
Early postcard photo of Hanging Rock
Map of Indiana
Location	Wabash County, Indiana, United States
Coordinates	40°49′48″N 85°42′26″W / 40.83°N 85.70722°W / 40.83; -85.70722Coordinates: 40°49′48″N 85°42′26″W / 40.83°N 85.70722°W / 40.83; -85.70722
Area	4 acres (1.6 ha)
Established	2009

U.S. National Natural Landmark
Designated	1986

Hanging Rock National Natural Landmark is a 4-acre (1.6 ha) site in Wabash County, Indiana^[1] that was designated a National Natural Landmark in May, 1986.^[2] The site, located on the southern bank of the Wabash River near the town of Lagro, contains an impressive natural exposure of fossilized coral reef dating from the Silurian Period some 400 million years ago. The limestone reef deposit rises 75 feet (23 m) above the river and is being undercut by it, giving the site its "hanging" appearance.

Hanging Rock is owned by Acres Land Trust, and is open to the public from sunrise to sunset. Fishing and littering at Hanging Rock are prohibited.

References

↑ "ACRES Preserves". Acres Land Trust. Retrieved 2013-03-10.
↑ "Hanging Rock and Wabash Reef". nps.gov. National Park Service.

External links

Acres Land Trust
Acres Land Trust's Virtual Hike of Hanging Rock on YouTube.
National Park Service Hanging Rock National Natural Landmark

National Natural Landmarks in Indiana

Big Walnut Creek Cabin Creek Bog Calvert and Porter Woods Cowles Bog Davis-Purdue Agriculture Center Forest Donaldson Cave System and Woods Dunes Nature Preserve Fern Cliff Nature Preserve Hanging Rock and Wabash Reef Harrison Spring Hammer Woods Hoosier Prairie Hoot Woods Kramer Woods Marengo Cave Meltzer Woods Officer's Woods Ohio Coral Reef Pine Hills Natural Area Pinhook Bog Pioneer Mother's Memorial Forest Portland Arch Nature Preserve Rise at Orangeville Rocky Hollow Falls Canyon Nature Preserve Shrader-Weaver Woods Tamarack Bog Thornhill Nature Preserve Tolliver Shallowhole Wesley Chapel Gulf Wesselman Woods Nature Preserve Wyandotte Caves

List including county and description

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