Suicide Rock (once Suicide Peak) is a granite outcrop (7510feet) near Idyllwild, California, which is popular with rock climbers. Over three hundred climbing routes have been described.[1] It is located near Tahquitz Peak.
According to legend, the name of Suicide Rock comes from a story of a Native American princess and her lover who, after being ordered to separate, instead committed suicide by jumping off the rock. It is speculated that this story originated as a derivative of Helen Hunt Jackson's Ramona story, in an attempt to boost tourism to this area in the late 19th century.[2]