Frog Rock (Bainbridge Island, Washington) Explained

Frog Rock
Type:Glacial erratic
Type Link:Glacial erratic
Image Alt:A pair of stacked rocks, painted green, with lips and eyes drawn on the top rock.
Coordinates:47.6961°N -122.5235°W

Frog Rock is a glacial erratic on Bainbridge Island, Washington. 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, 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. After the dynamiting, the rock was known as "Split Rock".

The rock is locally famous, known to be a humorous historic marker, and a notable visitor attraction. It is used by bicyclists as a regrouping point.

A local "resiliency forum" is named for it.

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