Banging away at the rocks

POTTSTOWN PA – It’s good for a diversion during an afternoon picnic beneath the pavilion off White Pine Lane in Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township. It’s good for school field trips and geologists’ outings. It’s good as a vacation stop for visitors to the area. And, of course, it’s fun for all.

“It” is the famous field of “Ringing Rocks” on the township’s northwest side, in Ringing Rocks Park just behind the Ringing Hill Fire Company. The rocks ring, or sound like a bell, when they’re struck with a hammer or similar object. They’ve captured the attention and imagination of area residents and guests for decades.

Lower Pottsgrove‘s not the only place where the rocks ring, a video enthusiast who calls himself  Gunners762 noted two weeks ago (June 10, 2011) in a web post. Others “include the Stony Garden (in Haycock, Bucks County PA), the Devil’s Race Course (in Franklin County PA), and others in the South Mountain region,” he wrote at YouTube, the popular Internet video-sharing website.

But probably none sound as melodic (at least to local ears) as our own boulder collection. To let others know what the experience is like, Gunners762 produced and uploaded a more than 3-minute movie he titled “Mysterious Ringing Rocks.”

• Watch the video, above, or see it at the YouTube user account of Gunners762.